M.Asad · MealMerkezi.Net

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A Surah (is this) which We have bestowed from on high, and which We have laid down in plain terms; and in it have We bestowed from on high messages which are clear (in themselves), so that you might keep (them) in mind.

M.Asad 24:1

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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.

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(Both are equally guilty:) the adulterer couples with none other than an adulteress - that is, a woman who accords (to her own lust) a place side by side with God; and with the adulteress couples none other than an adulterer - that is, a man who accords (to his own lust) a place side by side with God: and this is forbidden unto the believers.

M.Asad 24:3

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And as for those who accuse chaste women (of adultery), and then are unable to produce four witnesses (in support of their accusation), flog them with eighty stripes and ever after refuse to accept from them any testimony - since it is they, they that are truly depraved!

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excepting (from this interdict) only those who afterwards repent and made amends: for, behold, God is much forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

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And as for those who accuse their own wives (of adultery), but have no witnesses except themselves, let each of these (accusers) call God four times to witness that he is indeed telling the truth,

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and the fifth time, that God’s curse be upon him if he is telling a lie.

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But (as for the wife, all) chastisement shall be averted from her by her calling God four times to witness that he is indeed telling a lie,

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and the fifth (time), that God’s curse be upon her if he is telling the truth,

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AND WERE it not for God’s favour upon you, (O man,) and His grace, and that God is a wise acceptor of repentance...!

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Verily, numerous among you are those who would falsely accuse others of unchastity: (but, O you who are thus wronged,) deem it not a bad thing for you: nay, it is good for you! (As for the slanderers,) unto every one of them (will be accounted) all that he has earned by (thus) sinning; and awesome suffering awaits any of them who takes it upon himself to enhance this (sin)!

M.Asad 24:11

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Why do not the believing men and women, whenever such (a rumour) is heard, think the best of one another and say, “This is an obvious falsehood”?

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why do they not (demand of the accusers that they) their allegation? for, if they do not produce such witnesses, it is those (accusers) who, in the sight of God, are liars indeed!

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And were it not for God’s favour upon you, (O men,) and His grace in this world and in the life to come, awesome suffering would indeed have afflicted you in result of all (the calumny) in which you indulge

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when you take it up with your tongues, uttering with your mouths something of which you have no knowledge, and deeming it a light matter whereas in the sight of God it is an awful thing!

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And (once again): Why do you not say, whenever you hear such (a rumour), “It does not behove us to speak of this, O Thou who art limitless in Thy glory: this is an awesome calumny”?

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God admonishes you (hereby) lest you ever revert to the like of this (sin), if you are (truly) believers;

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for God makes (His) messages clear unto you - and God is all-knowing, Wise!

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Verily, as for those who like (to hear) foul slander spread against (any of) those who have attained to faith grievous suffering awaits them in this world and in the life to come: for God knows (the full truth), whereas you know (it) not.

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And were it not for God’s favour upon you and His grace, and that God is compassionate, a dispenser of grace...!

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O You who have attained to faith! Follow not Satan’s footsteps: for he who follows Satan’s footsteps (will find that), behold, he enjoins but deeds of abomination and all that runs counter to reason. And were it not for God’s favour upon you and His grace, not one of you would ever have remained pure. For (thus it is:) God who causes whomever He wills to grow in purity: for God is all-hearing, all-knowing.

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Hence, (even if they have been wronged by slander,) let not those of you who have been graced with God’s favour and ease of life ever become remiss in helping (the erring ones among) their near of kin, and the needy, and those who have forsaken the domain of evil for the sake of God, but let them pardon and forbear. (For,) do you not desire that God should forgive you your sins, seeing that God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace?

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(But,) verily, those who (falsely, and without repentance,) accuse chaste women who may have been unthinkingly careless but have remained true to their faith, shall be rejected (from God’s grace) in this world as well as in the life to come: and awesome suffering awaits them

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on the Day when their own tongues and hands and feet will bear witness against them by (recalling) all that they did!

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On that day God will pay them in full their just due, and they will come to know that God alone is the Ultimate Truth, manifest, and manifesting (the true nature of all that has ever been done).

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(In the nature of things,) corrupt women are for corrupt men, and corrupt men, for corrupt women - just as good women are for good men, and good men, for good women. (Since God is aware that) these are innocent of all that evil tongues may impute to them, forgiveness of sins shall be theirs, and a most excellent sustenance!

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O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not enter houses other than your own unless you have obtained permission and greeted their inmates. This is (enjoined upon you) for your own good, so that you might bear (your mutual rights) in mind.

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Hence, (even) if you find no one within (the house), do not enter it until you are given leave; and if you are told, “Turn back,” then turn back. This will be most conducive to your purity; and God has full knowledge of all that you do.

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(On the other hand,) you will incur no sin if you (freely) enter houses not intended for living in but serving a purpose useful to you: but (always remember that) God knows all that you do openly, and all that you would conceal.

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Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and to be mindful of their chastity: this will be most conducive to their purity – (and,) verily, God is aware of all that they do.

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