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Sura Xxiv. Nur, Or Light. Section 1

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra Xxiv.: Nr, Or Light.

Section 1

1.
Sooratun anzalnaha wafaradnaha waanzalna feeha ayatin bayyinatin laAAallakum tathakkaroonA

1. A
Sra which We

Have sent down and

Which We have ordained:


In it have We sent down

Clear Signs, in order that

Ye may receive admonition.

2. ALzzaniyatu waALzzanee faIjlidoo kulla wahidin minhuma mi-ata jaldatin wala ta/khuthkum bihima ra/fatun fee deeni Allahi in kuntum tu/minoona biAllahi waAlyawmi al-akhiri walyashhad AAathabahuma ta-ifatun mina almu/mineenA

2.
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 God, if ye believe

In God and the Last Day:

And let a party

Of the Believers

Witness their punishment.

3. ALzzanee la yankihu illa zaniyatan aw mushrikatan waALzzaniyatu la yankihuha illa zanin aw mushrikun wahurrima thalika AAala almu/mineenA

3.
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.

4. WaAllatheena yarmoona almuhsanati thumma lam ya/too bi-arbaAAati shuhadaa faIjlidoohum thamaneena jaldatan wala taqbaloo lahum shahadatan abadan waola-ika humu alfasiqoonA

4.
And those who launch

A charge against chaste women,

And produce not four witnesses

(To support their allegations),--

Flog them with eighty stripes;

And reject their evidence

Ever after: for such men

Are wicked transgressors;--

5.
Illa allatheena taboo min baAAdi thalika waaslahoo fa-inna Allaha ghafoorun raheemUn

5.
Unless they repent thereafter

And mend (their conduct);

For God is Oft-Forgiving,

Most Merciful.

6. WaAllatheena yarmoona azwajahum walam yakun lahum shuhadao illa anfusuhum fashahadatu ahadihim arbaAAu shahadatin biAllahi innahu lamina aLssadiqeenA

6.
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 God

That they are solemnly

Telling the truth;

7. WaAlkhamisatu anna laAAnata Allahi AAalayhi in kana mina alkathibeenA

7.
And the fifth (oath)

(Should be) that they solemnly

Invoke the curse of God

On themselves if they

Tell a lie.

8. Wayadrao AAanha alAAathaba an tashhada arbaAAa shahadatin biAllahi innahu lamina alkathibeenA

8.
But it would avert

The punishment from the wife,

If she bears witness

Four times (with an oath)

By God, that (her husband)

Is telling a lie;

9. WaAlkhamisata anna ghadaba Allahi AAalayha in kana mina aLssadiqeenA

9.
And the fifth (oath)

Should be that she solemnly

Invokes the wrath of God

On herself if (her accuser)

Is telling the truth.

10.
Walawla fadlu Allahi AAalaykum warahmatuhu waanna Allaha tawwabun hakeemUn

10.
If it were not

For God's grace and mercy

On you, and that God

Is Oft-Returning,

Full of wisdom,

(Ye would be ruined indeed).

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