13لَولا جاءوا عَلَيهِ بِأَربَعَةِ شُهَداءَ ۚ فَإِذ لَم يَأتوا بِالشُّهَداءِ فَأُولٰئِكَ عِندَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الكاذِبونَMuhammad AsadWhy do they not [demand of the accusers1 that they] produce four witnesses to prove their allegation?2 - for, if they do not produce such witnesses, it is those [accusers] who, in the sight of God, are liars indeed!This interpolation is necessary in view of the fact that the believers spoken of in the preceding verse are blamed, not for making the false accusation, but for not giving it the lie.Lit., "in support thereof" ('alayhi).