Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Noor, Ayah 12
لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًۭا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌۭ مُّبِينٌۭ
Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"?
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(Why did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it) i.e. the slander of 'A'ishah and Safwan, (think good of their own folk) think good of 'A'ishah as they would think good of their mothers; (and say: It) their slander (is a manifest untruth) is a manifest lie?
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
Why when you first heard about it did the believing men and women not think good of themselves that is why did some not think good of others and say ‘This is a manifest calumny?’ this is a patent lie? there is a shift here in the address from the second to the third person in other words why did you not assume good of them O band of believers and say