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A sura that we have sent down, and we have decreed as law. We have revealed in it clear revelations, that you may take heed.
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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.
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The adulterer will end up marrying an adulteress or an idol worshiper, and the adulteress will end up marrying an adulterer or an idol worshiper. This is prohibited for the believers.
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Those who accuse married women of adultery, then fail to produce four witnesses, you shall whip them eighty lashes, and do not accept any testimony from them; they are wicked.
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If they repent afterwards and reform, then GOD is Forgiver, Merciful.
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As for those who accuse their own spouses, without any other witnesses, then the testimony may be accepted if he swears by GOD four times that he is telling the truth.
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The fifth oath shall be to incur GOD's condemnation upon him, if he was lying.
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She shall be considered innocent if she swears by GOD four times that he is a liar.
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The fifth oath shall incur GOD's wrath upon her if he was telling the truth.
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This is GOD's grace and mercy towards you. GOD is Redeemer, Most Wise.
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A gang among you produced a big lie. Do not think that it was bad for you; instead, it was good for you. Meanwhile, each one of them has earned his share of the guilt. As for the one who initiated the whole incident, he has incurred a terrible retribution.
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When you heard it, the believing men and the believing women should have had better thoughts about themselves, and should have said, This is obviously a big lie.
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Only if they produced four witnesses (you may believe them). If they fail to produce the witnesses, then they are, according to GOD, liars.
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If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy in this world and in the Hereafter, you would have suffered a great retribution because of this incident.
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You fabricated it with your own tongues, and the rest of you repeated it with your mouths without proof. You thought it was simple, when it was, according to GOD, gross.
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When you heard it, you should have said, We will not repeat this. Glory be to You. This is a gross falsehood.
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GOD admonishes you that you shall never do it again, if you are believers.
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GOD thus explains the revelations for you. GOD is Omniscient, Wise.
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Those who love to see immorality spread among the believers have incurred a painful retribution in this life and in the Hereafter. GOD knows, while you do not know.
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GOD showers you with His grace and mercy. GOD is Most Kind towards the believers, Most Merciful.
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O you who believe, do not follow the steps of Satan. Anyone who follows the steps of Satan, should know that he advocates evil and vice. If it were not for GOD's grace towards you, and His mercy, none of you would have been purified. But GOD purifies whomever He wills. GOD is Hearer, Knower.
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Those among you who are blessed with resources and wealth shall be charitable towards their relatives, the poor, and those who have immigrated for the sake of GOD. They shall treat them with kindness and tolerance; do you not love to attain GOD's forgiveness? GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
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Surely, those who falsely accuse married women who are pious believers have incurred condemnation in this life and in the Hereafter; they have incurred a horrendous retribution.
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The day will come when their own tongues, hands, and feet will bear witness to everything they had done.
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On that day, GOD will requite them fully for their works, and they will find out that GOD is the Truth.
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The bad women for the bad men, and the bad men for the bad women, and the good women for the good men, and the good men for the good women. The latter are innocent of such accusations. They have attained forgiveness and a generous reward.
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O you who believe, do not enter homes other than yours without permission from their inhabitants, and without greeting them. This is better for you, that you may take heed.
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If you find no one in them, do not enter them until you obtain permission. If you are told, Go back, you must go back. This is purer for you. GOD is fully aware of everything you do.
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You commit no error by entering uninhabited homes wherein there is something that belongs to you. GOD knows everything you reveal, and everything you conceal.
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Tell the believing men that they shall subdue their eyes (and not stare at the women), and to maintain their chastity. This is purer for them. GOD is fully Cognizant of everything they do.
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