Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:16

4:16

وَٱلَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَـٰنِهَا مِنكُمْ فَـَٔاذُوهُمَا ۖ فَإِن تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا

wa-alladhāni yatiyānihā minkum faādhūhumā fa-in tābā wa-aṣlaḥā fa-aʿriḍū ʿanhumā inna l-laha kāna tawwāban raḥīman

And the two who commit it [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] among you - punish [i.e., dishonor] them both. But if they repent and correct themselves, leave them alone. Indeed, Allāh is ever Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.

— Saheeh International

If two men commit a lewd act, punish them both; if they repent and mend their ways, leave them alone- God is always ready to accept repentance, He is full of mercy.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the two persons (man and woman) among you who commit illegal sexual intercourse, hurt them both. And if they repent (promise Allâh that they will never repeat, i.e. commit illegal sexual intercourse and other similar sins) and do righteous good deeds, leave them alone. Surely, Allâh is Ever All-Forgiving (the One Who forgives and accepts repentance), (and He is) Most Merciful.

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

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وَٱلَّذَانِwa-alladhāniAnd the two who
يَأْتِيَـٰنِهَاyatiyānihācommit it
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
فَـَٔاذُوهُمَاۖfaādhūhumāthen punish both of them
فَإِنfa-inBut if
تَابَاtābāthey repent
وَأَصْلَحَاwa-aṣlaḥāand correct themselves
فَأَعْرِضُوا۟fa-aʿriḍūthen turn away
عَنْهُمَآۗʿanhumāfrom both of them
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
كَانَkānais
تَوَّابًۭاtawwābanOft-Forgiving
رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMost-Merciful