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[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.
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- 24:2
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh, if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
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[972] Either by voluntary confession of the offender or the testimony of four male witnesses to having actually seen the act take place. Otherwise, there can be no conviction. [973] The ruling in this verse is applicable to unmarried fornicators. Execution by stoning is confirmed in the sunnah for convicted adulterers. [974] i.e., Do not let sympathy for a guilty person move you to alter anything ordained by Allāh, for in His law is protection of society as a whole.
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- 24:3
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.
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[975] Included in this ruling is the adulterer as well. Such persons cannot be married to believers unless they have repented and reformed.
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- 24:4
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,
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- 24:5
Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
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- 24:6
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the truthful.
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[976] The husbands who have been betrayed.
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- 24:7
And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allāh be upon him if he should be of the liars.
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- 24:8
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.
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- 24:9
And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.
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- 24:10
And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy... and because Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Wise.
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[977] The phrase omitted is estimated to be "...you would have surely been punished, destroyed or scandalized," or "...you would have suffered many difficult situations."
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