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An-Nur 8

Ayah 8 of 64 · Medinan

وَيَدۡرَؤُاْ عَنۡهَا ٱلۡعَذَابَ أَن تَشۡهَدَ أَرۡبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتِۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٨

But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَدۡرَؤُاْBut it would preventwayadra-u
  2. عَنۡهَاfrom herʿanhā
  3. ٱلۡعَذَابَthe punishmentl-ʿadhāba
  4. أَنthatan
  5. تَشۡهَدَshe bears witnesstashhada
  6. أَرۡبَعَfourarbaʿa
  7. شَهَٰدَٰتِۭtestimoniesshahādātin
  8. بِٱللَّهِby Allahbil-lahi
  9. إِنَّهُۥthat heinnahu
  10. لَمِنَ(is) surely oflamina
  11. ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَthe liarsl-kādhibīna

Tafsir

Through this she will be deserving of the fixed punishment for adultery. She will repel this fixed punishment by testifying by Allah four times: that he is lying in what he has accused her of.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran