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An-Nur 4

Ayah 4 of 64 · Medinan

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَأۡتُواْ بِأَرۡبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجۡلِدُوهُمۡ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلۡدَةٗ وَلَا تَقۡبَلُواْ لَهُمۡ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدٗاۚ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ 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,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those whowa-alladhīna
  2. يَرۡمُونَaccuseyarmūna
  3. ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِthe chaste womenl-muḥ'ṣanāti
  4. ثُمَّthenthumma
  5. لَمۡnotlam
  6. يَأۡتُواْthey bringyatū
  7. بِأَرۡبَعَةِfourbi-arbaʿati
  8. شُهَدَآءَwitnessesshuhadāa
  9. فَٱجۡلِدُوهُمۡthen flog themfa-ij'lidūhum
  10. ثَمَٰنِينَ(with) eightythamānīna
  11. جَلۡدَةٗlashe(s)jaldatan
  12. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  13. تَقۡبَلُواْaccepttaqbalū
  14. لَهُمۡtheirlahum
  15. شَهَٰدَةًtestimonyshahādatan
  16. أَبَدٗاۚeverabadan
  17. وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَAnd thosewa-ulāika
  18. هُمُtheyhumu
  19. ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ(are) the defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqūna

Tafsir

Those who accuse chaste women of adultery (and chaste men likewise) and do not then bring four witnesses to testify to the adultery they have accused them of, flog them, O leaders, with eighty lashes, and never accept their testimony. Those who accuse chaste women are out of the obedience of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran