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4:15

وَٱلَّـٰتِى And those who يَأْتِينَ commit ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ [the] immorality مِن from نِّسَآئِكُمْ your women فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ then call to witness عَلَيْهِنَّ against them أَرْبَعَةًۭ four مِّنكُمْ ۖ among you فَإِن And if شَهِدُوا۟ they testify فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ then confine them فِى in ٱلْبُيُوتِ their houses حَتَّىٰ until يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ comes to them ٱلْمَوْتُ [the] death أَوْ or يَجْعَلَ makes ٱللَّهُ Allah لَهُنَّ for them سَبِيلًۭا a way ١٥

Those who commit immorality [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine them [i.e., the guilty women] to houses until death takes them or Allāh ordains for them [another] way.

— Come To Light

4:16

وَٱلَّذَانِ And the two who يَأْتِيَـٰنِهَا commit it مِنكُمْ among you فَـَٔاذُوهُمَا ۖ then punish both of them فَإِن But if تَابَا they repent وَأَصْلَحَا and correct themselves فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ then turn away عَنْهُمَآ ۗ from both of them إِنَّ Indeed ٱللَّهَ Allah كَانَ is تَوَّابًۭا Oft-Forgiving رَّحِيمًا Most-Merciful ١٦

And the two who commit it [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] among you - punish [i.e., dishonor] them both. But if they repent and correct themselves, leave them alone. Indeed, Allāh is ever Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.

— Come To Light

4:17

إِنَّمَا Only ٱلتَّوْبَةُ the acceptance of repentance عَلَى by ٱللَّهِ Allah لِلَّذِينَ (is) for those who يَعْمَلُونَ do ٱلسُّوٓءَ the evil بِجَهَـٰلَةٍۢ in ignorance ثُمَّ then يَتُوبُونَ they repent مِن from قَرِيبٍۢ soon after فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Then those يَتُوبُ will have forgiveness ٱللَّهُ (from) Allah عَلَيْهِمْ ۗ upon them وَكَانَ and is ٱللَّهُ Allah عَلِيمًا All-Knowing حَكِيمًۭا All-Wise ١٧

The repentance accepted by Allāh is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon [after]. It is those to whom Allāh will turn in forgiveness, and Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.

— Come To Light

4:18

وَلَيْسَتِ And not ٱلتَّوْبَةُ (is) the acceptance of repentance لِلَّذِينَ for those who يَعْمَلُونَ do ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ the evil deeds حَتَّىٰٓ until إِذَا when حَضَرَ approaches أَحَدَهُمُ one of them ٱلْمَوْتُ [the] death قَالَ he says إِنِّى Indeed I تُبْتُ repent ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ now وَلَا and not ٱلَّذِينَ those who يَمُوتُونَ die وَهُمْ while they كُفَّارٌ ۚ (are) disbelievers أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those أَعْتَدْنَا We have prepared لَهُمْ for them عَذَابًا a punishment أَلِيمًۭا painful ١٨

But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment.

— Come To Light

4:19

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you ٱلَّذِينَ who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe[d] لَا Not يَحِلُّ (is) lawful لَكُمْ for you أَن that تَرِثُوا۟ you inherit ٱلنِّسَآءَ the women كَرْهًۭا ۖ (by) force وَلَا And not تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ you constraint them لِتَذْهَبُوا۟ so that you may take بِبَعْضِ a part مَآ (of) what ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ you have given them إِلَّآ except أَن that يَأْتِينَ they commit بِفَـٰحِشَةٍۢ immorality مُّبَيِّنَةٍۢ ۚ open وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ And live with them بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ in kindness فَإِن But if كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ you dislike them فَعَسَىٰٓ then perhaps أَن that تَكْرَهُوا۟ you dislike شَيْـًۭٔا a thing وَيَجْعَلَ and has placed ٱللَّهُ Allah فِيهِ in it خَيْرًۭا good كَثِيرًۭا much ١٩

O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality [i.e., adultery]. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allāh makes therein much good.

— Come To Light

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