An-Nur 24:5
The Light · Juz 18 · Page 350
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٥
Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
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Commentary on 24:5–7
﴿إِلَّا﴾ أداة استثناء ﴿الَّذِينَ﴾ اسم موصول في محل نصب على الاستثناء ﴿تابُوا﴾ ماض وفاعله والجملة صلة ﴿مِنْ بَعْدِ﴾ متعلقان بتابوا ﴿ذلِكَ﴾ اسم إشارة مضاف اليه واللام للبعد والكاف للخطاب ﴿وَأَصْلَحُوا﴾ الواو عاطفة وماض وفاعله والجملة معطوفة ﴿فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ﴾ الفاء استئنافية وإن ولفظ الجلالة اسمها وخبراها والجملة استئنافية ﴿وَالَّذِينَ﴾ الواو استئنافية واسم الموصول مبتدأ والجملة مستأنفة ﴿يَرْمُونَ﴾ مضارع مرفوع بثبوت النون والواو فاعل والجملة صلة ﴿أَزْواجَهُمْ﴾ مفعول به والهاء مضاف إليه ﴿وَلَمْ﴾ الواو حالية ولم جازمة ﴿يَكُنْ﴾ مضارع ناقص مجزوم ﴿لَهُمْ﴾ متعلقان بالخبر المقدم ﴿شُهَداءُ﴾ اسم يكن والجملة حالية ﴿إِلَّا﴾ أداة حصر ﴿أَنْفُسُهُمْ﴾ بدل من شهداء والهاء مضاف إليه ﴿فَشَهادَةُ﴾ الفاء رابطة ومبتدأ ﴿أَحَدِهِمْ﴾ مضاف إليه والهاء مضاف إليه ﴿أَرْبَعُ﴾ خبر شهادة ﴿شَهاداتٍ﴾ مضاف إليه والجملة الاسمية خبر والذين ﴿بِاللَّهِ﴾ لفظ الجلالة مجرور بالباء ومتعلقان بشهادات ﴿إِنَّهُ﴾ إن واسمها ﴿لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ﴾ اللام لام المزحلقة والجار والمجرور متعلقان بالخبر المحذوف ﴿وَالْخامِسَةُ﴾ الواو اعتراضية ومبتدأ والجملة اعتراضية. ﴿أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ﴾ أن واسمها ﴿اللَّهِ﴾ لفظ الجلالة مضاف إليه ﴿عَلَيْهِ﴾ متعلقان بالخبر المحذوف والمصدر المؤول من أن وما بعدها خبر ﴿إِنْ كانَ﴾ إن شرطية وكان ماض ناقص واسمها محذوف والجملة ابتدائية لا محل لها ﴿مِنَ الْكاذِبِينَ﴾ متعلقان بالخبر المحذوف وجواب الشرط محذوف دل عليه ما قبله.
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سورة النور
An-Nur
The Light · Medinan · 64 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
24:1
سُورَةٌ أَنزَلۡنَٰهَا وَفَرَضۡنَٰهَا وَأَنزَلۡنَا فِيهَآ ءَايَٰتِۭ بَيِّنَٰتٖ لَّعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ١
[This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.
24:2
ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجۡلِدُواْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٖ مِّنۡهُمَا مِاْئَةَ جَلۡدَةٖۖ وَلَا تَأۡخُذۡكُم بِهِمَا رَأۡفَةٞ فِي دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۖ وَلۡيَشۡهَدۡ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢
The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse1 - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes,2 and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh,3 if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.
3 translator’s notes
Either by voluntary confession of the offender or the testimony of four male witnesses to having actually seen the act take place. Otherwise, there can be no conviction.
[973] The ruling in this verse is applicable to unmarried fornicators. Execution by stoning is confirmed in the sunnah for convicted adulterers.
[974] i.e., Do not let sympathy for a guilty person move you to alter anything ordained by Allāh, for in His law is protection of society as a whole.
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24:3
ٱلزَّانِي لَا يَنكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوۡ مُشۡرِكَةٗ وَٱلزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنكِحُهَآ إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوۡ مُشۡرِكٞۚ وَحُرِّمَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٣
The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator1 or a polytheist, and that [i.e., marriage to such persons] has been made unlawful to the believers.
1 translator’s note
- Included in this ruling is the adulterer as well. Such persons cannot be married to believers unless they have repented and reformed. ↩
24:4
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ ٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمۡ يَأۡتُواْ بِأَرۡبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجۡلِدُوهُمۡ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلۡدَةٗ وَلَا تَقۡبَلُواْ لَهُمۡ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدٗاۚ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٤
And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,
24:5
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُواْ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ ٥
Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful.
24:6
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرۡمُونَ أَزۡوَٰجَهُمۡ وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُمۡ شُهَدَآءُ إِلَّآ أَنفُسُهُمۡ فَشَهَٰدَةُ أَحَدِهِمۡ أَرۡبَعُ شَهَٰدَٰتِۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٦
And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them1 [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the truthful.
1 translator’s note
- The husbands who have been betrayed. ↩
24:7
وَٱلۡخَٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعۡنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٧
And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allāh be upon him if he should be of the liars.
24:8
وَيَدۡرَؤُاْ عَنۡهَا ٱلۡعَذَابَ أَن تَشۡهَدَ أَرۡبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتِۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَٰذِبِينَ ٨
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allāh that indeed, he is of the liars.
24:9
وَٱلۡخَٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ٩
And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.
24:10
وَلَوۡلَا فَضۡلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَرَحۡمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابٌ حَكِيمٌ ١٠
And if not for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy...1 and because Allāh is Accepting of Repentance and Wise.
1 translator’s note
- The phrase omitted is estimated to be "...you would have surely been punished, destroyed or scandalized," or "...you would have suffered many difficult situations." ↩