70يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَقولوا قَولًا سَديدًاMuhammad AsadO you who have attained to faith! Remain conscious of God and [always] speak with a will to bring out [only] what is just and true1 -The expression qawl sadid signifies. literally, "a saying that hits the mark", i.e., is truthful, relevant and to the point. In the only other instance where this expression is used in the Qur'an (at the end of 4:9) it may be appropriately rendered as "speaking in a just manner"; in the present instance, however it obviously relates to speaking of others in a manner devoid of all hidden meanings, insinuations and frivolous suspicions, aiming at no more and no less than the truth.