Surah An-Nur (النور)

The Light · Medinan · 64 ayahs · Juz 18

• 24:1

  سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَـٰهَا وَفَرَضْنَـٰهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَـٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

  This is a Surah that We have revealed, that We have ordained (made the laws contained in them obligatory), and in which We have revealed clear Aayaat so that you may (seriously) take heed.

• 24:2

  ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِا۟ئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

  The (unmarried) female and male who commit fornication should both be given a hundred lashes (when the act of fornication is conclusively proven in a court of Shari'ah). Do not let pity for them take hold of you with regard to Allaah's Deen (do not let pity encourage you to waive aside or to lessen the penalty), if you (truly) believe in Allaah and the Last Day. A group of the Mu'mineen should witness their punishment (so that it may deter them from fornication).

• 24:3

  ٱلزَّانِى لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

  (Because adultery and fornication are acts that taint one's character, people committing such vile acts attract others with the same shameless character. As a result,) An adulterer marries only an adulteress or an idolatress (a Mushrik woman) and it is only an adulterer or an idolater (Mushrik) who marries an adulteress. This (adultery and marriage to Mushrikeen) is forbidden for the Mu'mineen.

• 24:4

  وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَـٰدَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

  As for those who slander chaste women (accuse them of fornication or adultery) without presenting four (reliable) witnesses (who had witnessed the act explicitly), you should lash them (the accusers) eighty lashes and never accept their testimony (in a court hearing) ever again. These people are sinners (disobedient)...

• 24:5

  إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

  ...except for those who repent thereafter and make amends (purify the wrong they did). (Allaah will forgive such people because) Allaah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

• 24:6

  وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَٰجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَـٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

  Those who slander their wives (accuse their wives of adultery) and have only themselves as witnesses (to the act of adultery and not the required four witnesses), then any of them should bear testimony four times by Allaah that he is indeed from the truthful. (He should say four times, "I swear by Allaah that I am truthful in accusing her of adultery!")

• 24:7

  وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

  On the fifth occasion, he should invoke Allaah's curse on himself if he is from the liars (He should then say once, "May Allaah's curse befall me if I am lying about her committing adultery". By doing this, he will be exempted from the penalty for slander.)

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