English translation
7500. Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair, Sa'id bin Al-Musaiyab, 'Alqama bin Waqqas and 'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah regarding the forged statement against 'Aishah رضي الله عنها when the slanderers said what they said and Allāh revealed her innocence: 'Aishah رضي الله عنها said, "But by Allāh, I did not think that Allāh, (to confirm my innocence) would reveal Divine Revelation which would be recited, for I consider myself too unimportant to be talked about by Allāh through Divine Revelation revealed for recitation, but I hoped that Allāh's Messenger ﷺ might have a dream in which Allāh would reveal my innocence. So Allāh revealed: 'Verily! Those who brought forth the slander (against 'Aishah رضي الله عنها the wife of the Prophet ﷺ) are a group among you...' (The ten Verses in Sūrat An-Nūr) (V.24:11-20)
