Quran 24:4 — An-Noor, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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,
وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُولَـٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And those who cast it up on women in wedlock, and then bring not four witnesses, scourge them with eighty stripes, and do not accept any testimony of theirs ever; those -- they are the ungodly,
- Muhammad Asad
- And as for those who accuse chaste women [of adultery], and then are unable to produce four witnesses [in support of their accusation], flog them with eighty stripes and ever after refuse to accept from them any testimony - since it is they, they that are truly depraved!
- Sahih International
- 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,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | يَرْمُونَyarmūna | accuse | رمي |
| 3 | ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِl-muḥ'ṣanāti | the chaste women | حصن |
| 4 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 5 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 6 | يَأْتُوا۟yatū | they bring | أتي |
| 7 | بِأَرْبَعَةِbi-arbaʿati | four | ربع |
| 8 | شُهَدَآءَshuhadāa | witnesses | شهد |
| 9 | فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْfa-ij'lidūhum | then flog them | جلد |
| 10 | ثَمَـٰنِينَthamānīna | (with) eighty | ثمن |
| 11 | جَلْدَةًۭjaldatan | lashe(s) | جلد |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 13 | تَقْبَلُوا۟taqbalū | accept | قبل |
| 14 | لَهُمْlahum | their | — |
| 15 | شَهَـٰدَةًshahādatan | testimony | شهد |
| 16 | أَبَدًۭا ۚabadan | ever | أبد |
| 17 | وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَwa-ulāika | And those | — |
| 18 | هُمُhumu | they | — |
| 19 | ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūna | (are) the defiantly disobedient | فسق |