The Light · Madani · 64 Ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
سُورَةٌ A Surah أَنزَلْنَـٰهَا We (have) sent it down وَفَرَضْنَـٰهَا and We (have) made it obligatory وَأَنزَلْنَا and We (have) revealed فِيهَآ therein ءَايَـٰتٍۭ Verses بَيِّنَـٰتٍۢ clear لَّعَلَّكُمْ so that you may تَذَكَّرُونَ take heed ١
[This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.
— Come To Light
ٱلزَّانِيَةُ The fornicatress وَٱلزَّانِى and the fornicator فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ [then] flog كُلَّ each وَٰحِدٍۢ one مِّنْهُمَا of them مِا۟ئَةَ (with) hundred جَلْدَةٍۢ ۖ lash(es) وَلَا And (let) not تَأْخُذْكُم withhold you بِهِمَا pity for them رَأْفَةٌۭ pity for them فِى concerning دِينِ (the) religion of Allah ٱللَّهِ (the) religion of Allah إِن if كُنتُمْ you تُؤْمِنُونَ believe بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَٱلْيَوْمِ and the Day ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ the Last وَلْيَشْهَدْ And let witness عَذَابَهُمَا their punishment طَآئِفَةٌۭ a group مِّنَ of ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believers ٢
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh, if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
— Come To Light
ٱلزَّانِى The fornicator لَا (will) not يَنكِحُ marry إِلَّا except زَانِيَةً a fornicatress أَوْ or مُشْرِكَةًۭ a polytheist woman وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ and the fornicatress لَا (will) not يَنكِحُهَآ marry her إِلَّا except زَانٍ a fornicator أَوْ or مُشْرِكٌۭ ۚ a polytheist man وَحُرِّمَ And is forbidden ذَٰلِكَ that عَلَى to ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ the believers ٣
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.
— Come To Light
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who يَرْمُونَ accuse ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ the chaste women ثُمَّ then لَمْ not يَأْتُوا۟ they bring بِأَرْبَعَةِ four شُهَدَآءَ witnesses فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ then flog them ثَمَـٰنِينَ (with) eighty جَلْدَةًۭ lashe(s) وَلَا and (do) not تَقْبَلُوا۟ accept لَهُمْ their شَهَـٰدَةً testimony أَبَدًۭا ۚ ever وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ And those هُمُ they ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ (are) the defiantly disobedient ٤
And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,
— Come To Light
إِلَّا Except ٱلَّذِينَ those who تَابُوا۟ repent مِنۢ after بَعْدِ after ذَٰلِكَ that وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ and reform فَإِنَّ Then indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah غَفُورٌۭ (is) Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمٌۭ Most Merciful ٥
Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
— Come To Light
وَٱلَّذِينَ And those who يَرْمُونَ accuse أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ their spouses وَلَمْ and not يَكُن have لَّهُمْ for them شُهَدَآءُ witnesses إِلَّآ except أَنفُسُهُمْ themselves فَشَهَـٰدَةُ then (the) testimony أَحَدِهِمْ (of) one of them أَرْبَعُ (is) four شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭ testimonies بِٱللَّهِ ۙ by Allah إِنَّهُۥ that he لَمِنَ (is) surely of ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful ٦
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the truthful.
— Come To Light
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ And the fifth أَنَّ that لَعْنَتَ (the) curse of Allah ٱللَّهِ (the) curse of Allah عَلَيْهِ (be) upon him إِن if كَانَ he is مِنَ of ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ the liars ٧
And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allāh be upon him if he should be of the liars.
— Come To Light
وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ But it would prevent عَنْهَا from her ٱلْعَذَابَ the punishment أَن that تَشْهَدَ she bears witness أَرْبَعَ four شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭ testimonies بِٱللَّهِ ۙ by Allah إِنَّهُۥ that he لَمِنَ (is) surely of ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ the liars ٨
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.
— Come To Light
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ And the fifth أَنَّ that غَضَبَ the wrath of Allah ٱللَّهِ the wrath of Allah عَلَيْهَآ (be) upon her إِن if كَانَ he is مِنَ of ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ the truthful ٩
And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.
— Come To Light
وَلَوْلَا And if not فَضْلُ (for) the Grace of Allah ٱللَّهِ (for) the Grace of Allah عَلَيْكُمْ upon you وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ and His Mercy وَأَنَّ and that ٱللَّهَ Allah تَوَّابٌ (is) Oft-Returning (to Mercy) حَكِيمٌ All-Wise ١٠
And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy... and because Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Wise.
— Come To Light
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