An-Nur 24:3

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النور

الزّاني لا يَنكِحُ إِلّا زانِيَةً أَو مُشرِكَةً وَالزّانِيَةُ لا يَنكِحُها إِلّا زانٍ أَو مُشرِكٌ ۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذٰلِكَ عَلَى المُؤمِنينَ

An adulterer may only marry an adulteress or a polytheistic woman, and an adulteress may only marry an adulterer or a polytheistic man. This is prohibited for the believers.

Verse 4

وَالَّذينَ يَرمونَ المُحصَناتِ ثُمَّ لَم يَأتوا بِأَربَعَةِ شُهَداءَ فَاجلِدوهُم ثَمانينَ جَلدَةً وَلا تَقبَلوا لَهُم شَهادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولـٰئِكَ هُمُ الفاسِقونَ

Those who falsely accuse chaste women, yet fail to produce four witnesses, whip them with eighty lashes, and reject their testimony after that. These are the sinful ones.

Verse 5

إِلَّا الَّذينَ تابوا مِن بَعدِ ذٰلِكَ وَأَصلَحوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفورٌ رَحيمٌ

However, those who repent and reform afterwards—God is Forgiving and Merciful.

Verse 6

وَالَّذينَ يَرمونَ أَزواجَهُم وَلَم يَكُن لَهُم شُهَداءُ إِلّا أَنفُسُهُم فَشَهادَةُ أَحَدِهِم أَربَعُ شَهاداتٍ بِاللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصّادِقينَ

If a man accuses his wife, but has no witnesses except himself, he must swear by God four times that he is truthful.

Verse 7

وَالخامِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيهِ إِن كانَ مِنَ الكاذِبينَ

On the fifth instance, he must invoke God’s curse upon himself if he’s lying.

Verse 8

وَيَدرَأُ عَنهَا العَذابَ أَن تَشهَدَ أَربَعَ شَهاداتٍ بِاللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الكاذِبينَ

Her punishment will be averted if she swears four times by God that he’s lying.

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