Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:2

24:2

ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِى فَٱجْلِدُوا۟ كُلَّ وَٰحِدٍ مِّنْهُمَا مِا۟ئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ ۖ وَلَا تَأْخُذْكُم بِهِمَا رَأْفَةٌ فِى دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ ۖ وَلْيَشْهَدْ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

al-zāniyatu wal-zānī fa-ij'lidū kulla wāḥidin min'humā mi-ata jaldatin walā takhudh'kum bihimā rafatun fī dīni l-lahi in kuntum tu'minūna bil-lahi wal-yawmi l-ākhiri walyashhad ʿadhābahumā ṭāifatun mina l-mu'minīna

The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion [i.e., law] of Allāh, if you should believe in Allāh and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment.

— Saheeh International

Strike the adulteress and the adulterer one hundred times. Do not let compassion for them keep you from carrying out God’s law––if you believe in God and the Last Day––and ensure that a group of believers witnesses the punishment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allâh, if you believe in Allâh and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment. (This punishment is for unmarried persons guilty of the above crime, but if married persons commit it (illegal sex), the punishment is to stone them to death, according to Allâh’s Law).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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ٱلزَّانِيَةُal-zāniyatuThe fornicatress
وَٱلزَّانِىwal-zānīand the fornicator
فَٱجْلِدُوا۟fa-ij'lidū[then] flog
كُلَّkullaeach
وَٰحِدٍۢwāḥidinone
مِّنْهُمَاmin'humāof them
مِا۟ئَةَmi-ata(with) hundred
جَلْدَةٍۢۖjaldatinlash(es)
وَلَاwalāAnd (let) not
تَأْخُذْكُمtakhudh'kumwithhold you
بِهِمَاbihimāpity for them
رَأْفَةٌۭrafatunpity for them
فِىfīconcerning
دِينِdīni(the) religion of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(the) religion of Allah
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou
تُؤْمِنُونَtu'minūnabelieve
بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلْيَوْمِwal-yawmiand the Day
ٱلْـَٔاخِرِۖl-ākhirithe Last
وَلْيَشْهَدْwalyashhadAnd let witness
عَذَابَهُمَاʿadhābahumātheir punishment
طَآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers