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This is a chapter which We have revealed and which We have made obligatory; We have sent down clear revelations in it, so that you may take heed.
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Flog the adulteress and the adulterer, each one of them, with a hundred lashes. Let no pity for them cause you to disobey God, if you truly believe in God and the Last Day; and let their punishment be witnessed by a number of believers.
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The adulterer shall marry only an adulteress or a polytheist woman, and an adulteress shall marry only an adulterer or a polytheist man; such marriages are forbidden for believers.
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Those who defame chaste women, but cannot produce four witnesses, shall be given eighty lashes. Do not accept their testimony ever after, for they are transgressors,
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save those who afterwards repent and make amends, for truly God is forgiving and merciful.
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One who accuses his wife and has no witnesses except himself shall swear four times by God that his charge is true,
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and the fifth time, that God's curse may be upon him if he is telling a lie.
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The wife shall receive no punishment, if she bears witness four times in the name of God that her husband has lied
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and, a fifth time that God's wrath will be upon her if he is telling the truth.
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Were it not for God's grace and His mercy upon you, (you would have come to grief) and God is wise, acceptor of repentance.
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Those who brought up that slander were a band from among you. Do not regard it as a misfortune, for it is good for you. Every one of them shall be held to account for the sin he has committed; and he who took the greater part in it shall have a terrible punishment.
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When you heard of it, why did not the believing men and believing women think well of their own people, and say, 'This is a manifest slander?'
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Why did they not produce four witnesses? If they could not produce any witnesses, they were indeed liars in the sight of God!
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Had it not been for the grace of God and His mercy on you in this world and the Hereafter, a terrible punishment would have afflicted you for your plunging headlong into slander.
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When you were spreading it with your tongues and saying with your mouths things of which you had no knowledge, you considered it to be a trivial matter, but, in God's sight, it was very serious.
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When you heard it, why did you not say, 'It is not right for us to speak of this. God forbid! This is a monstrous slander.'
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God warns you never to repeat the like of it again, if you are true believers.
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God explains the commandments to you. God is all knowing and wise.
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Those who desire that indecencies should spread among the believers, will have a painful chastisement in this world and the Hereafter. God knows, and you do not know.
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But for the grace of God and His mercy upon you, and were not God compassionate and merciful, (you would have come to grief).
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O you who believe, do not follow in the footsteps of Satan, and whoever follows in the footsteps of Satan should know that he enjoins only indecency and evil. But for the grace of God and His mercy upon you, not one of you would ever be purified; but God purifies whom He pleases. God is all hearing and all knowing.
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Let not those who are possessed of means and plenty among you resolve to withhold their bounty from their kindred and the needy and those who have migrated from their homes in the cause of God. Let them forgive and overlook. Do you not wish God to forgive you? God is forgiving and merciful.
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Truly, those who accuse chaste, unwary, believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter. For them awaits a terrible chastisement.
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On the Day when their own tongues, hands and feet shall bear witness against them about what they did
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on that Day God will justly requite themand they will realize that God is the truth, that makes all things manifest.
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Corrupt women are for corrupt men, and corrupt men are for corrupt women; good women are for good men and good men are for good women. The latter are absolved from anything they may say; forgiveness and an honourable provision await them.
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Believers, do not enter other people's houses until you have asked their owners' permission and greeted them. That will be the better for you, so that you may be heedful.
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If you find no one at home, do not go in until permission has been granted you. If you are told to go away, then go away. That is more proper for you. God knows well what you do.
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There is nothing wrong in your entering uninhabited houses if that serves a useful purpose: God knows all that you do openly, and all that you would conceal.
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Tell believing men to lower their gaze and remain chaste. That is purer for them. God is aware of what they do.
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