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(This
is) a Surah (chapter
of the Qur-an) which We have
sent down and which We have enjoined, (ordained
its legal laws) and in it We
have revealed manifest Ayat (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations lawful and unlawful
things, and set boundries of Islamic Religion),
that you may remember. |
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The
woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each
of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their
case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah
and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment.
(This punishment is for unmarried
persons guilty of the above crime but if married persons commit it,
the punishment is to stone them to death, according to Allah's Law). |
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The
adulterer marries not but an adulteress or a Mushrikah and the adulteress
none marries her except an adulterer or a Muskrik [and
that means that the man who agrees to marry (have a sexual relation
with) a Mushrikah (female polytheist, pagan or idolatress) or a prostitute,
then surely he is either an adulterer, or a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan
or idolater, etc.) And the woman who agrees to marry (have a sexual
relation with) a Mushrik (polytheist, pagan or idolater) or an adulterer,
then she is either a prostitute or a Mushrikah (female polytheist,
pagan, or idolatress, etc.)].
Such a thing is forbidden to the believers (of
Islamic Monotheism). |
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And
those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog
them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever, they
indeed are the Fasiqun (liars,
rebellious, disobedient to Allah). |
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Except
those who repent thereafter and do righteous deeds, (for
such) verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. |
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And
for those who accuse their wives, but have no witnesses except themselves,
let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies (i.e.
testifies four times) by Allah
that he is one of those who speak the truth. |
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And
the fifth (testimony) (should
be) the invoking of the Curse
of Allah on him if he be of those who tell a lie (against
her). |
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But
it shall avert the punishment (of
stoning to death) from her,
if she bears witness four times by Allah, that he (her
husband) is telling a lie. |
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And
the fifth (testimony)
should be that the Wrath of Allah be upon her if he (her
husband) speaks the truth. |
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And
had it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy on you (He
would have hastened the punishment upon you)!
And that Allah is the One Who accepts repentance, the All-Wise. |
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Verily!
Those who brought forth the slander (against
'Aishah the wife of the Prophet SAW)
are a group among you. Consider it not a bad thing for you. Nay, it
is good for you. Unto every man among them will be paid that which
he had earned of the sin, and as for him among them who had the greater
share therein, his will be a great torment. |
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Why
then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it
(the slander) think good of
their own people and say: "This
(charge) is an obvious lie?" |
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Why
did they not produce four witnesses? Since they (the
slanderers) have not produced
witnesses! Then with Allah they are the liars. |
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Had
it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy unto you in this
world and in the Hereafter, a great torment would have touched you
for that whereof you had spoken. |
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When
you were propagating it with your tongues, and uttering with your
mouths that whereof you had no knowledge, you counted it a little
thing, while with Allah it was very great. |
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And
why did you not, when you heard it, say? "It is not right for
us to speak of this. Glory be to You (O
Allah) this is a great lie." |
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Allah
forbids you from it and warns you not to repeat the like of it forever,
if you are believers. |
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And
Allah makes the Ayat (proofs,
evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
plain to you, and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise. |
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Verily,
those who like that (the crime
of) illegal sexual intercourse
should be propagated among those who believe, they will have a painful
torment in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you
know not. |
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And
had it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy on you,
(Allah would have hastened the punishment upon you).
And that Allah is full of kindness, Most Merciful. |
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O
you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan).
And whosoever follows the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan),
then, verily he commands Al-Fahsha' [i.e.
to commit indecency (illegal sexual intercourse, etc.)],
and Al-Munkar [disbelief and
polytheism (i.e. to do evil and wicked deeds; to speak or to do what
is forbidden in Islam, etc.)].
And had it not been for the Grace of Allah and His Mercy on you, not
one of you would ever have been pure from sins. But Allah purifies
(guides to Islam)
whom He wills, and Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. |
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And
let not those among you who are blessed with graces and wealth swear
not to give (any sort of help)
to their kinsmen, Al-Masakin
(the poor), and those who left
their homes for Allah's Cause. Let them pardon and forgive. Do you
not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. |
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Verily,
those who accuse chaste women, who never even think of anything touching
their chastity and are good believers, are cursed in this life and
in the Hereafter, and for them will be a great torment, |
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On
the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their legs or feet will
bear witness against them as to what they used to do. |
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On
that Day Allah will pay them the recompense of their deeds in full,
and they will know that Allah, He is the Manifest Truth. |
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Bad
statements are for bad people (or
bad women for bad men) and bad
people for bad statements (or
bad men for bad women). Good
statements are for good people (or
good women for good men) and
good people for good statements (or
good men for good women), such
(good people)
are innocent of (each and every)
bad statement which they say, for them is Forgiveness, and Rizqun
Karim (generous provision i.e.Paradise). |
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O
you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have
asked permission and greeted those in them, that is better for you,
in order that you may remember. |
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And
if you find no one therein, still, enter not until permission has
been given. And if you are asked to go back, go back, for it is purer
for you, and Allah is All-Knower of what you do. |
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There
is no sin on you that you enter (without
taking permission) houses uninhabited
(i.e. not possessed by anybody),
(when) you
have any interest in them. And Allah has knowledge of what you reveal
and what you conceal. |
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Tell
the believing men to lower their gaze (from
looking at forbidden things),
and protect their private parts (from
illegal sexual acts, etc.).
That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do. |
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