وَٱلَّٰتِي يَأۡتِينَ ٱلۡفَٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمۡ فَٱسۡتَشۡهِدُواْ عَلَيۡهِنَّ أَرۡبَعَةٗ مِّنكُمۡۖ فَإِن شَهِدُواْ فَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّ فِي ٱلۡبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلۡمَوۡتُ أَوۡ يَجۡعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلٗا
Rowwad Translation Center
Those of your women who commit adultery, call four witnesses against them[1] from amongst you. If they testify, confine them to their homes until they die or Allah ordains for them [another] way[2].
Notes
[1] The four witnesses must testify that they actually saw the act taking place.
[2] The provision of this verse has been abrogated. The Prophet (ﷺ) explained the “way” ordained by Allah: “Take it from me! Take it from me! Allah has ordained a way for them…” [Muslim: 1690]. The unmarried are to be lashed, as ordained in Surat an-Nūr (24:2), and the married are to be stoned to death, as established by the Sunnah.
Translation: Rowwad Translation Center. Source: QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.20.
Arabic text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. Surah details: Tanzil.net (CC BY 3.0).
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