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{ يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوۤاْ إِن جَآءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوۤاْ أَن تُصِيبُواْ قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُواْ عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ }

…If a reprobate comes to you with some tiding…He said:The reprobate (fāsiq) is a liar (kadhdhāb). The inner meaning of the verse is to teach (taʾdīb) a person who has been informed of someone’s derogation of him, that he should not rush into exacting retribution on them, without having found out about [the matter] for himself.His words:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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