Al-Furqan Verse 72

˹They are˺ those who do not bear false witness, and when they come across falsehood, they pass ˹it˺ by with dignity.

And those who do not witness falsehood, and when they pass by futility, they pass by with dignity;

And those who bear not false witness and, when they pass by idle talk, pass by with dignity;

[The servants of the Lord of Mercy are] those who do not give false testimony, and who, when they see some frivolity, pass by with dignity;

And those who witness not falsehood, and when they pass by some vanity pass by with dignity.

Those who witness no falsehood, and, if they pass by futility, they pass by it with honourable (avoidance);

(And the servants of the Merciful are those:) who do not bear witness to falsehood and who; if they have ever to pass by what is vain, pass by like dignified people:

And those who do not give false evidence, and if they come across unbecoming talk ignore it and pass by in a sedate way;

And those who do not give false testimony, and when they pass near some indecency, they pass by it saving their honour.

Those who do not give false testimony, and when they come upon frivolity, pass by with dignity.

And (those true servants of the All-Merciful are they) who do not take part in and bear witness to any vanity or falsehood, (and who will not deem anything true unless they know it to be so for certain), and when they happen to pass by anything vain and useless, pass by it with dignity;

And those who do not give false evidence and when they pass by something vain they (do not indulge in it, but) pass on with dignity.

And those who do not witness/testify the falsehood/false testimony , and if they passed by the nonsense/senseless talk they passed generously/kindly .

And those who do not give false testimony, and when they pass near some indecency, they pass by it saving their honour.

And he who repents and does good, verily, he has turned to Allah with true conversion.

And those who do not witness falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.

And whoever repents and does good, he surely turns to Allah a (goodly) turning.

And they who do not bear witness to what is false, and when they pass by what is vain, they pass by nobly.

And those who will not witness vanity, but when they pass near senseless play, pass by with dignity.

those who do not testify falsely and when they come across something impious, pass it by nobly,

and those who do not bear false witness, and when they pass by idle talk, pass by with honor

And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.

And those who do not bear false witness, and when they pass by frivolity, they pass by with dignity;

And those who do not bear false witness; and when they come across indecencies, they pass by with dignity.

and those who do not give false testimony, that is, [testimony containing] mendacity and falsehood, and, when they come across senseless talk, in the way of vile speech and otherwise, they pass by with dignity, shunning such [vanity];

More Attributes of the Servants of the Most Gracious

Allah says;

وَالَّذِينَ لَاا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَامًا



And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.

These are further attributes of the servants of the Most Gracious. They do not bear witness to falsehood, including lies, immorality, disbelief, foul speech and false words.

Amr bin Qays said, this refers to gatherings of sexual immorality.

It was said that the Ayah,
لَاا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ
(And those who do not bear witness to falsehood), refers to giving false testimony, which means lying deliberately to someone else.

It was recorded in the Two Sahihs that Abu Bakrah said,

"The Messenger of Allah said three times;

أَلَا أُنَبِّيُكُمْ بِأَكْبَرِ الْكَبَايِرِ


Shall I not tell you of the greatest of major sins?

We said, "Of course, O Messenger of Allah."

The Messenger of Allah said;

الشِّرْكُ بِاللهِ وَعُقُوقُ الْوَالِدَيْن

Associating others in worship with Allah and disobeying one's parents.

He was lying down, then he sat up and added;

أَلَا وَقَوْلُ الزُّورِ أَلَا وَشَهَادَةُ الزُّور

Beware false speech, and bearing witness to falsehood.

and he kept repeating it until we thought, would that he would stop."

From the context it seems that what is meant by those who do not bear witness to falsehood is those who do not attend it or are not present when it happens.

Allah says;

وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَامًا


and if they pass by some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity.

They do not attend where falsehood occurs, and if it so happens that they pass by it, they do not let it contaminate them in the slightest. Allah says;
مَرُّوا كِرَامًا
(they pass by it with dignity).

وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا بِأيَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا