Quran 24:23 — An-Noor, verse 23
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who accuse honourable but unwary believing women are rejected by God, in this life and the next. A painful punishment awaits them
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
inna alladhīna yarmūna l-muḥ'ṣanāti l-ghāfilāti l-mu'mināti luʿinū fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati walahum ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely those who cast it up on women in wedlock that are heedless but believing shall be accursed in the present world and the world to come; and there awaits them a mighty chastisement
- Muhammad Asad
- [But,] verily, those who [falsely, and without repentance,] accuse chaste women who may have been unthinkingly careless but have remained true to their faith, shall be rejected [from God’s grace] in this world as well as in the life to come: and awesome suffering awaits them
- Sahih International
- Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | يَرْمُونَyarmūna | accuse | رمي |
| 4 | ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanāti | the chaste women | حصن |
| 5 | ٱلْغَـٰفِلَـٰتِl-ghāfilāti | the unaware women | غفل |
| 6 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِl-mu'mināti | (and) the believing women | أمن |
| 7 | لُعِنُوا۟luʿinū | are cursed | لعن |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 10 | وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhirati | and the Hereafter | أخر |
| 11 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | And for them | — |
| 12 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 13 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |