اِنَّ الَّذِيۡنَ جَآءُوۡ بِالۡاِفۡكِ عُصۡبَةٌ مِّنۡكُمۡؕ لَا تَحۡسَبُوۡهُ شَرًّا لَّـكُمۡؕ بَلۡ هُوَ خَيۡرٌ لَّـكُمۡؕ لِكُلِّ امۡرِىٴٍ مِّنۡهُمۡ مَّا اكۡتَسَبَ مِنَ الۡاِثۡمِۚ وَالَّذِىۡ تَوَلّٰى كِبۡرَهٗ مِنۡهُمۡ لَهٗ عَذَابٌ عَظِيۡمٌ
Surely those who fabricated the accusation (against ‘A’isha the truthful, the pure, the chaste — may Allah be well pleased with her) were (also) a party from among you. Do not consider this (slander account) as a bad thing for you. It has rather (turned out to be) good for you. Everyone of them has a share in the sin as much as he has earned it, but whoever has had major share in this (false accusation), for him is a terrible torment.