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We have descended this sura and made it a law. We have descended it in clear Verses — perhaps you will remember!
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Flog an adulterer and an adulteress a hundred lashes. If you believe in God and the Last Day, do not let pity prevent you from carrying out God’s prescription. And let some believers witness their punishment.
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An adulterer is allowed to marry only an adulteress or an Associator. And an adulteress is allowed to marry only an adulterer or an Associator. This is forbidden to believers.
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Flog eighty lashes those who accuse decent women without producing four witnesses, and do not accept their testimony ever again — indeed, they are reprobates,
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except those who repent and mend their ways. Verily, God is all-forgiving and merciful!
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Whoever accuses his wives and cannot produce any witness other than himself, must call God to witness four times that he is telling the truth.
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And the fifth time he will call upon himself the curse of God if he is telling a lie.
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Punishment shall be withheld from [the wife] if she calls God to witness four times that he is a liar.
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The fifth time she will call on herself the wrath of God if he is telling the truth.
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If it were not for the Grace of God to you and His mercy... but, verily, God is relentful and wise!
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Verily, those who slander you are from your midst! Do not think that it can harm you — on the contrary, it is to your advantage. Indeed, each of [the slanderers] will get what he deserved for this sin, and the one who assumed the greater part of it shall receive a mighty punishment.
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When you heard about it, how is it that you, believing men and women, did not think of goodness and say: “This is an obvious slander!”
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And why have they not produced four witnesses? Indeed, if they have not produced witnesses, then they are liars before God.
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Had it not been for the favors of God towards you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, a mighty punishment would have landed upon you for making [a false rumor] public.
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You picked up on your tongues and you said with your mouths what you did not know. You think that it is a trifle, yet it is serious in the eyes of God.
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When you heard it, why did you not say: “It isn’t proper for us to talk about that. Glory to You! This is a monstrous slander!”
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God directs you to never do it again as long as you believe.
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God makes the Signs clear to you — God is knowing and wise!
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Verily, there is a painful punishment in this world and in the Hereafter for those who spread gossip among the believers. God knows, and you do not know.
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Were it not for the favors of God and His mercy to you... God is kind-hearted and merciful!
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O you who have believed! Do not follow in the footsteps of Satan. Anyone who follows in his footsteps is urged by Satan to indecency and evil. Were it not for the favors of God and His mercy to you, no one of you would have ever been pure. God purifies anyone He wills — God is hearing and all-knowing!
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Let the virtuous and affluent ones among you cease swearing that they will not support their relatives, the poor, and the exiled in the way of God. Let them forgive and forget! Do you not want God to forgive you? God is forgiving and merciful!
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Let those who slander chaste and naive believing women be cursed in this world and in the Hereafter — a mighty punishment [is in store] for them!
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On that Day their tongues, hands, and feet will testify against them for what they have done.
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On that Day God will pay them back what they truly deserve, and they will understand that God is the manifest Truth.
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Wicked [women] are for wicked [men] and wicked [men] — for wicked [women]. Good [women] are for good [men] and good [men] — for good [women]. The [good ones] are innocent of heresy — there is forgiveness and a generous provision for them.
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O you, who have believed! Do not enter other people’s houses without permission and without wishing peace to their dwellers. This is better for you — perhaps you will remember!
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If you see that no one is home, do not enter without permission. If you are told to go away, go away — this will be more decent of you. God is well aware of what you do!
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There will be no fault upon you if for some reason you have entered deserted houses. God knows what you reveal and what you conceal.
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Tell believing men to keep their eyes downcast and to guard their private parts — this is more decent of them. Verily, God is well aware of all their deeds.
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