Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:4

24:4

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَـٰدَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

wa-alladhīna yarmūna l-muḥ'ṣanāti thumma lam yatū bi-arbaʿati shuhadāa fa-ij'lidūhum thamānīna jaldatan walā taqbalū lahum shahādatan abadan wa-ulāika humu l-fāsiqūna

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,

— Saheeh International

As for those who accuse chaste women of fornication, and then fail to provide four witnesses, strike them eighty times, and reject their testimony ever afterwards: they are the lawbreakers,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever. They indeed are the Fâsiqûn (liars, rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).

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

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وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
يَرْمُونَyarmūnaaccuse
ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanātithe chaste women
ثُمَّthummathen
لَمْlamnot
يَأْتُوا۟yatūthey bring
بِأَرْبَعَةِbi-arbaʿatifour
شُهَدَآءَshuhadāawitnesses
فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْfa-ij'lidūhumthen flog them
ثَمَـٰنِينَthamānīna(with) eighty
جَلْدَةًۭjaldatanlashe(s)
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَقْبَلُوا۟taqbalūaccept
لَهُمْlahumtheir
شَهَـٰدَةًshahādatantestimony
أَبَدًۭاۚabadanever
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
هُمُhumuthey
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūna(are) the defiantly disobedient