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Ruku 301

1 Surahs10 Versesركوع 301
24:1
سُورَةٌ
A Surah
أَنزَلۡنَـٰهَا
We (have) sent it down
وَفَرَضۡنَـٰهَا
and We (have) made it obligatory
وَأَنزَلۡنَا
and We (have) revealed
فِيهَآ
therein
ءَايَـٰتِۭ
Verses
بَيِّنَـٰتٍ
clear
لَّعَلَّكُمۡ
so that you may
تَذَكَّرُونَ
take heed
١
[This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.
24:2
ٱلزَّانِيَةُ
The fornicatress
وَٱلزَّانِى
and the fornicator
فَٱجۡلِدُواۡ
[then] flog
كُلَّ
each
وٰحِدٍ
one
مِّنۡهُمَا
of them
مِاۡئَةَ
(with) hundred
جَلۡدَةٍ‌ۖ
lash(es)
وَلَا
And (let) not
تَأۡخُذۡكُم
withhold you
بِهِمَا
pity for them
رَأۡفَةٌ
pity for them
فِى
concerning
دِينِ
(the) religion of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
(the) religion of Allah
إِن
if
كُنتُمۡ
you
تُؤۡمِنُونَ
believe
بِٱللَّهِ
in Allah
وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ
and the Day
ٱلۡأَخِرِ‌ۖ
the Last
وَلۡيَشۡهَدۡ
And let witness
عَذَابَهُمَا
their punishment
طَآئِفَةٌ
a group
مِّنَ
of
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
the believers
٢
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse1 - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes,2 and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh,3 if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
24:3
ٱلزَّانِى
The fornicator
لَا
(will) not
يَنكِحُ
marry
إِلَّا
except
زَانِيَةً
a fornicatress
أَوۡ
or
مُشۡرِكَةً
a polytheist woman
وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ
and the fornicatress
لَا
(will) not
يَنكِحُهَآ
marry her
إِلَّا
except
زَانٍ
a fornicator
أَوۡ
or
مُشۡرِكٌ‌ۚ
a polytheist man
وَحُرِّمَ
And is forbidden
ذٰلِكَ
that
عَلَى
to
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ
the believers
٣
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator1 or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.
24:4
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those who
يَرۡمُونَ
accuse
ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَـٰتِ
the chaste women
ثُمَّ
then
لَمۡ
not
يَأۡتُواۡ
they bring
بِأَرۡبَعَةِ
four
شُهَدَآءَ
witnesses
فَٱجۡلِدُوهُمۡ
then flog them
ثَمَـٰنِينَ
(with) eighty
جَلۡدَةً
lashe(s)
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَقۡبَلُواۡ
accept
لَهُمۡ
their
شَهَـٰدَةً
testimony
أَبَدًا‌ۚ
ever
وَأُوۡلَـٰٓئِكَ
And those
هُمُ
they
ٱلۡفَـٰسِقُونَ
(are) the defiantly disobedient
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,
24:5
إِلَّا
Except
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
تَابُواۡ
repent
مِنۢ
after
بَعۡدِ
after
ذٰلِكَ
that
وَأَصۡلَحُواۡ
and reform
فَإِنَّ
Then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
غَفُورٌ
(is) Oft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمٌ
Most Merciful
٥
Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
24:6
وَٱلَّذِينَ
And those who
يَرۡمُونَ
accuse
أَزۡوٰجَهُمۡ
their spouses
وَلَمۡ
and not
يَكُن
have
لَّهُمۡ
for them
شُهَدَآءُ
witnesses
إِلَّآ
except
أَنفُسُهُمۡ
themselves
فَشَهَـٰدَةُ
then (the) testimony
أَحَدِهِمۡ
(of) one of them
أَرۡبَعُ
(is) four
شَهَـٰدٰتِۭ
testimonies
بِٱللَّهِ‌ۙ
by Allah
إِنَّهُۥ
that he
لَمِنَ
(is) surely of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
the truthful
٦
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them1 [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the truthful.
24:7
وَٱلۡخَـٰمِسَةُ
And the fifth
أَنَّ
that
لَعۡنَتَ
(the) curse of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
(the) curse of Allah
عَلَيۡهِ
(be) upon him
إِن
if
كَانَ
he is
مِنَ
of
ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِينَ
the liars
٧
And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allāh be upon him if he should be of the liars.
24:8
وَيَدۡرَؤُاۡ
But it would prevent
عَنۡهَا
from her
ٱلۡعَذَابَ
the punishment
أَن
that
تَشۡهَدَ
she bears witness
أَرۡبَعَ
four
شَهَـٰدٰتِۭ
testimonies
بِٱللَّهِ‌ۙ
by Allah
إِنَّهُۥ
that he
لَمِنَ
(is) surely of
ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِينَ
the liars
٨
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.
24:9
وَٱلۡخَـٰمِسَةَ
And the fifth
أَنَّ
that
غَضَبَ
the wrath of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
the wrath of Allah
عَلَيۡهَآ
(be) upon her
إِن
if
كَانَ
he is
مِنَ
of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
the truthful
٩
And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.
24:10
وَلَوۡلَا
And if not
فَضۡلُ
(for) the Grace of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
(for) the Grace of Allah
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
upon you
وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ
and His Mercy
وَأَنَّ
and that
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
تَوَّابٌ
(is) Oft-Returning (to Mercy)
حَكِيمٌ
All-Wise
١٠
And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy...1 and because Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Wise.