4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 112
وَمَنْ يَكْسِبْ خَط۪ٓيـَٔةً اَوْ اِثْماً ثُمَّ يَرْمِ بِه۪ بَر۪ٓيـٔاً فَقَدِ احْتَمَلَ بُهْتَـاناً وَاِثْماً مُب۪يناً۟
Waman yaksib khatee-atan aw ithmanthumma yarmi bihi baree-an faqadi ihtamala buhtananwa-ithman mubeena
Anyone who commits an error or an evil action, and then ascribes it to someone innocent, bears the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing.
- Progressive Muslims
And whoever does a mistake or wrongdoing, then blames it on an innocent person; he has incurred falsehood and a clear sin.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And whoever commits a fault or such violation, but throws the blame on the innocent, burdens himself with slander and a clear violation that drags the "Self" down.
- Sam Gerrans
And whoso commits an offence or any sin then casts it upon an innocent, he has laid upon himself calumny and obvious sin.
- The Monotheist Group
And whoever does a mistake or sin, then blames it on an innocent person; he has incurred falsehood and a clear sin.
- Edip-Layth
Whoever does a mistake or wrongdoing, then blames it on an innocent person; he has incurred falsehood and a clear sin.
- Aisha Bewley
Anyone who commits an error or an evil action, and then ascribes it to someone innocent, bears the weight of slander and clear wrongdoing.
- Rashad Khalifa
Anyone who earns a sin, then accuses an innocent person thereof, has committed a blasphemy and a gross offense.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
He who commits a mistake or iniquity and ascribes it to one who is innocent, is guilty of calumny and brazen sin.
- Sahih International
But whoever earns an offense or a sin and then blames it on an innocent [person] has taken upon himself a slander and manifest sin.
- Muhammad Asad
But he who commits a fault or a sin and then throws the blame therefore on an innocent person, burdens himself with the guilt of calumny and [yet another] flagrant sin.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
And whoso committeth a delinquency or crime, then throweth (the blame) thereof upon the innocent, hath burdened himself with falsehood and a flagrant crime.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And he who makes a mistake or does something in a manner contrary to equity and uprightness or commits a crime and hides his guilty front with innocent snow and throws the blame or lays it on someone who is innocent, shall have burdened himself with, the guilt of intentional assertion of falsehood and of standing before Allah manifest of crime.
- Bijan Moeinian
If someone makes a mistake and then blames an innocent one for that, then he has committed a big sin.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
And whoever earns a fault or a sin and then throws it on to someone innocent, he has indeed burdened himself with falsehood and a manifest sin.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
But if any one earns a fault or a sin and throws it on to one that is innocent, He carries (on himself) (Both) a falsehood and a flagrant sin.
- Mustafa Khattab
And whoever commits an evil or sinful deed then blames it on an innocent person, they will definitely bear the guilt of slander and blatant sin.
- Taqi Usmani
Whoever commits a vice or a sin, then shifts its blame to an innocent person, he indeed takes the burden of a false imputation and a glaring sin.
- Abdul Haleem
and anyone who commits an offence or a sin, and then throws the blame on to some innocent person, has burdened himself with deceit as well as flagrant sin.
- Arthur John Arberry
And whosoever earns a fault or a sin and then casts it upon the innocent, thereby has laid upon himself calumny and manifest sin.
- E. Henry Palmer
And whoso commits a fault or a sin and throws it on the innocent, he hath to bear a calumny and a manifest sin.
- Hamid S. Aziz
And whoever commits a fault or a wrong and throws it on the innocent, he has burdened himself with a falsehood and a manifest crime (sin).
- Mahmoud Ghali
And whoever earns an offense or a vice (and) thereafter throws (the blame thereof) upon an innocent one, then he has readily burdened himself with all-malicious calumny and evident vice.
- George Sale
And whoso committeth a sin or iniquity, and afterwards layeth it on the innocent, he shall surely bear the guilt of calumny and manifest injustice.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
But if anyone earns a fault or a sin and blames it on to one who is innocent, he (the sinner) carries (on himself both) a falsehood and an open sin.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
But one who commits a fault or a sin and imputes it to an innocent person (for the sake of his own defence), he certainly bears the burden of calumny along with that of a flagrant sin.
- Ali Quli Qarai
But someone who commits an iniquity or sin and then accuses an innocent person of it, is indeed guilty of calumny and a flagrant sin.