Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:15

4:15

وَٱلَّـٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا

wa-allātī yatīna l-fāḥishata min nisāikum fa-is'tashhidū ʿalayhinna arbaʿatan minkum fa-in shahidū fa-amsikūhunna fī l-buyūti ḥattā yatawaffāhunna l-mawtu aw yajʿala l-lahu lahunna sabīlan

Those who commit immorality [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine them [i.e., the guilty women] to houses until death takes them or Allāh ordains for them [another] way.

— Saheeh International

If any of your women commit a lewd act, call four witnesses from among you, then, if they testify to their guilt, keep the women at home until death comes to them or until God shows them another way.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And those of your women who commit illegal sexual intercourse, take the evidence of four witnesses from amongst you against them; and if they testify, confine them (i.e. women) to houses until death comes to them or Allâh ordains for them some (other) way.

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

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Word by Word

وَٱلَّـٰتِىwa-allātīAnd those who
يَأْتِينَyatīnacommit
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata[the] immorality
مِنminfrom
نِّسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour women
فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟fa-is'tashhidūthen call to witness
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaagainst them
أَرْبَعَةًۭarbaʿatanfour
مِّنكُمْۖminkumamong you
فَإِنfa-inAnd if
شَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testify
فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen confine them
فِىfīin
ٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūtitheir houses
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّyatawaffāhunnacomes to them
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
أَوْawor
يَجْعَلَyajʿalamakes
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way