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A
Surah which We have sent down and which We have ordained: in it have
We sent down Clear Signs, in order that you may receive admonition |
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The
woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication--flog each of
them with a hundred stripes: let not compassion move you in their
case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and
the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment. |
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Let
no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry any but a woman similarly
guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever
marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden. |
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And
those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four
witnesses (to support their
allegation)--flog them with
eighty stripes: and reject their evidence ever after: for such men
are wicked transgressors |
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Unless
they repent thereafter and mend (their
conduct); for Allah is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful. |
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And
for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have
(in support) no evidence but
their own--their solitary evidence (can
be received) if they bear witness
four times (with an oath)
by Allah that they are solemnly telling the truth; |
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And
the fifth (oath) (should be)
that they solemnly invoke the curse of Allah on themselves if they
tell a lie. |
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But
it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness
four times (with an oath)
by Allah, that (her husband)
is telling a lie; |
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And
the fifth (oath)
should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of Allah on herself
if (her accuser)
is telling the truth |
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If
it were not for Allah's grace and mercy on you, and that Allah is
Oft-Returning, full of Wisdom--(you
would be ruined indeed). |
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Those
who brought forward the lie are a body among yourselves: think it
not to be an evil to you; on the contrary it is good for you: to every
man among them (will come the
punishment) of the sin that
he earned, and to him who took on himself the lead among them, will
be a Penalty grievous. |
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Why
did not Believers--men and women--when you heard of the affair--put
the best construction on it in their own minds and say, "This
(charge)
is an obvious lie"? |
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Why
did they not bring four witnesses to prove it? When they have not
brought the witnesses, such men, in the sight of Allah (stand
forth) themselves as liars! |
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Were
it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, in this world and
the Hereafter, a grievous penalty would have seized you in that you
rushed glibly into this affair. |
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Behold,
you received it on your tongues and said out of your mouths things
of which you had no knowledge; and you thought it to be a light matter,
while it was most serious in the sight of Allah |
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And
why did you not when you heard it, say?--"It is not right of
us to speak of this: Glory to Allah! this is a most serious slander!" |
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Allah
does admonish you, that you may never repeat such (conduct),
if you are (true)
Believers |
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And
Allah makes the Signs plain to you: for Allah is full of knowledge
and wisdom. |
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Those
who love (to see)
scandal published broadcast among the Believers, will have a grievous
Penalty in this life and in the Hereafter: Allah knows, and you know
not. |
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Were
it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, and that Allah is
full of kindness and mercy, (you
would be ruined indeed). |
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O
you who believe! Follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow
the footsteps of Satan, he will (but)
command what is shameful and wrong: and were it not for the grace
and mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would ever have been pure:
but Allah does purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One Who hears
and knows (all things). |
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Let
not those among you who are endued with grace and amplitude of means
resolve by oath against helping their kinsmen, those in want, and
those who have left their homes in Allah's cause: let them forgive
and overlook, do you not wish that Allah should forgive you? For Allah
is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. |
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Those
who slander chaste women, indiscreet but believing, are cursed in
this life and in the Hereafter: for them is a grievous Penalty-- |
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On
the Day when their tongues, their hands, and their feet will bear
witness against them as to their actions. |
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On
that Day Allah will pay them back (all)
their just dues, and they will realize that Allah is the (very)
Truth, that makes all things manifest. |
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Women
impure are for men impure, and men impure are for women impure, and
women of purity are for men of purity, and men of purity are for women
of purity: these are not affected by what people say: for them there
is forgiveness, and a provision honorable. |
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O
you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have
asked permission and saluted those in them: that is best for you,
in order that you may heed (what
is seemly). |
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If
you find no one in the house, enter not until permission is given
to you: if you are asked to go back, go back: that makes for greater
purity for yourselves: and Allah knows well all that you do. |
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It
is no fault on your part to enter houses not used for living in, which
serve some (other)
use for you: and Allah has knowledge of what you reveal and what you
conceal. |
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Say
to the believing men that they should lower their gaze and guard their
modesty: that will make for greater purity for them: and Allah is
well acquainted with all that they do. |
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