Surah An Nur ayat 18 Tafsir Quran 24:18

﴿وَيُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الْآيَاتِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ﴾
[ النور: 18]

24:18 And Allah makes clear to you the verses, and Allah is Knowing and Wise.

And God clarifies for you the signs through commands and prohibitions and God is Knower of what He enjoins and what He prohibits Wise therein.

Allah renders His revelations explicit that they impart to you divine knowledge, wisdom and spiritual light, and He is Alimun (Omniscient), and Hakimun (The Source of wisdom and wise mysterious dispensations)

Further Discipline This is further discipline, in addition to the command to think well of people, i.e., if something unbefitting is mentioned about good people, then one should think well of them, and not feel towards them anything but good.
Then if a person has any unsuitable thoughts about them, insinuated into his mind and imagination by Shaytan, he should not speak about that, for the Prophet said:
«إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى تَجَاوَزَ لِأُمَّتِي عَمَّا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسُهَا مَا لَمْ تَقُلْ أَوْ تَعْمَلْ»
( Allah will excuse my Ummah for anything that occurs to their minds, so long as they do not speak about it or act upon it. ) This was reported in the Two Sahihs.
Allah's saying: وَلَوْلا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُمْ مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـذَا ( And why did you not, when you heard it, say: "It is not right for us to speak of this". ) meaning, we should not talk about it or mention it to anyone. سُبْحَـنَكَ هَـذَا بُهْتَـنٌ عَظِيمٌ ( Glory be to You (O Allah )! This is a great lie.) means, glory be to Allah that such a thing should be said about the wife of His Prophet and close Friend .
Then Allah says, يَعِظُكُمُ اللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُواْ لِمِثْلِهِ أَبَداً ( Allah forbids you from it and warns you not to repeat the like of it forever, ) meaning, Allah is forbidding you and warning you from doing anything like this again in the future.
Allah says, إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ( if you are believers. ) meaning, if you believe in Allah and His Laws, and you respect His Messenger .
As for those who are described as disbelievers, a different ruling applies in their case.
Then Allah says, وَيُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الاٌّيَـتِ ( And Allah makes the Ayat plain to you, ) meaning, He makes clear to you the rulings of Shari`ah and His divine decrees. وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ( and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. ) means, He knows what is right for His servants and He is Wise in His Laws and decrees.

(24:18) Allah makes His Revelations clear to you, and He is All-Knowing, All-Wise. *15

And Allah makes clear to you the meaning

*15) These verses, especially verse 12, wherein Allah says: " Why did not the Believing men and the Believing women have a good opinion of themselves 'I " provide the general principle that all dealings in the Islamic society must be based on `good faith'.
The question of a bad opinion should arise only when there is a definite and concrete basis for it.
Every person should, as a matter of principle, be considered as innocent unless there are sound reasons to hold him guilty or suspect.
Every person should be considered as truthful unless there are strong grounds for holding him as unreliable
 

Further Discipline This is further discipline, in addition to the command to think well of people, i.e., if something unbefitting is mentioned about good people, then one should think well of them, and not feel towards them anything but good.
Then if a person has any unsuitable thoughts about them, insinuated into his mind and imagination by Shaytan, he should not speak about that, for the Prophet said: «إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى تَجَاوَزَ لِأُمَّتِي عَمَّا حَدَّثَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسُهَا مَا لَمْ تَقُلْ أَوْ تَعْمَلْ» ( Allah will excuse my Ummah for anything that occurs to their minds, so long as they do not speak about it or act upon it. ) This was reported in the Two Sahihs.
Allah's saying: وَلَوْلا إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ قُلْتُمْ مَّا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّتَكَلَّمَ بِهَـذَا ( And why did you not, when you heard it, say: "It is not right for us to speak of this". ) meaning, we should not talk about it or mention it to anyone. سُبْحَـنَكَ هَـذَا بُهْتَـنٌ عَظِيمٌ ( Glory be to You (O Allah )! This is a great lie.) means, glory be to Allah that such a thing should be said about the wife of His Prophet and close Friend .
Then Allah says, يَعِظُكُمُ اللَّهُ أَن تَعُودُواْ لِمِثْلِهِ أَبَداً ( Allah forbids you from it and warns you not to repeat the like of it forever, ) meaning, Allah is forbidding you and warning you from doing anything like this again in the future.
Allah says, إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ ( if you are believers. ) meaning, if you believe in Allah and His Laws, and you respect His Messenger .
As for those who are described as disbelievers, a different ruling applies in their case.
Then Allah says, وَيُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمُ الاٌّيَـتِ ( And Allah makes the Ayat plain to you, ) meaning, He makes clear to you the rulings of Shari`ah and His divine decrees. وَاللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ( and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. ) means, He knows what is right for His servants and He is Wise in His Laws and decrees.

( And He expoundeth unto you His revelations ) detailing the commands and prohibitions. ( Allah is Knower ) He knows what you say, ( Wise ) regarding the legal punishments He imposes on you.

And Allah makes the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) plain to you, and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

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