سورة النُّور
Surah Al-Nûr 24:2
The Light · Verse 2 of 64
الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُمْ بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۖ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Strike the fornicatress and adulteress and the fornicator and adulterer on the body of each one of them a hundred times. (This is the extreme limit,) and let no feelings of pity for the two hold you from obedience to Allâh (in executing His judgment), if you believe in Allâh and the Last Day. And let a section of the believers be present (there at the time of the execution of) their punishment.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
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 Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.
Ahmed Ali
The adulteress and adulterer should be flogged a hundred lashes each, and no pity for them should deter you from the law of God, if you believe in God and the Last Day; and the punishment should be witnessed by a body of believers.
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Ali Unal
The fornicatress and the fornicator – flog each of them with a hundred stripes; and do not let pity for them hold you back from carrying out God’s law, if you truly believe in God and the Last Day; and let a group of believers witness their punishment.
Daryabadi
The adulteress and the adulterer: scourge each one of the twain with a hundred stripes. And let not tenderness rake hold of you in regarad to the twain in the law of Allah, if ye have come to believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let witness this torment a band of the believers.
Faridul Haque
The adulteress and the adulterer - punish each one of them with a hundred lashes; and may you not have pity on them in the religion to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day; and a group of believers must witness their punishment.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
The adulteress and the adulterer, flog each of them (with) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you from obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
Maulvi Sher Ali
The adulteress and the adulterer - flog each one of them with a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain take hold of you in executing the judgment of ALLAH, if you believe in ALLAH and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment.
Muhammad Asad
AS FOR the adulteress and the adulterer - flog each of them with a hundred stripes, and let not compassion with them keep you from [carrying out] this law of God, if you [truly] believe in God and the Last Day; and let a group of the believers witness their chastisement.
Muhammad Musin Khan
The woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment. (This punishment is for unmarried persons guilty of the above crime but if married persons commit it, the punishment is to stone them to death, according to Allah's Law).
Muhammad Pickthall
The adulterer and the adulteress, scourge ye each one of them (with) a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain withhold you from obedience to Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of believers witness their punishment.
Muhammad Sarwar
Flog the fornicatress and the fornicator with a hundred lashes each. Let there be no reluctance in enforcing the laws of God, if you have faith in God and the Day of Judgment. Let it take place in the presence of a group of believers.
Muhammed ali Shakir
(As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them, (giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day, and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.
Rashad Khalifa
The adulteress and the adulterer you shall whip each of them a hundred lashes. Do not be swayed by pity from carrying out GOD's law, if you truly believe in GOD and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness their penalty.
Shabbir Ahmed
The habitual adulteress and the habitual adulterer, flog each one of them with a hundred stripes. And let not compassion sway you in their case from carrying out God’s law, if you believe in God and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness the penalty.
Commentary 24:2 The first ten verses of this chapter serve to explain to the first ten verses of the previous chapter, notably in verses 23:5-7. The environmental and…
الزَّانِيَةُ وَالزَّانِي فَاجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِائَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ
24:2 The first ten verses of this chapter serve to explain to the first ten verses of the previous chapter, notably in verses 23:5-7. The environmental and social influences that wreck our spiritual and social life have to do with sexuality and its misuse, whether in the form of unregulated behaviour of false charges or scandals, or in breaching the refined conventions of personal or domestic privacy. Avoiding pitfalls in such matters enables us to rise to a state that allows us to perceive Divine Light. Chastity is a moral virtue that Allâh holds in high esteem (cf.21:91; 66:12). Zinaزناis voluntary sexual intercourse between a man and woman not married to one another. It covers both adultery and fornication. From the old Scriptures times through centuries of Christian teachings, sins of sexual transgression have been among the most dreaded and denounced. In ancient Israel the penalty for adultery was death by stoning. The Roman Catholic Church, in medieval times, considered this unlawful intercourse no less sinful than murder. In Puritan America sexual sinners were at the risk of being flogged, shackled, or ostracized. The Holy Qur’âns rulings on one hand abolish the cruellest forms of punishment for zina BÃk but at the same time denounce this practice in the strongest possible words. It makes clear that this act is punishable, though not by stoning to death as recommended in the Jewish Scriptures; it does not carry a punishment equivalent to murder, but it demands a strong punishment. This punishment can only be in the form of flogging, which is not intended to cause serious injury and not in the form of more serious beatings or stoning. In order to stop possible misuse of this Divine injunction, Allâh imposes a highly restrictive condition on carrying out this punishment. The verse obliges the accuser to bring forward four respectable eyewitnesses. If he fails to do so, he himself must receive this punishment (24:4).