Quran 4:16 — An-Nisaa, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
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.
وَاللَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَانِهَا مِنْكُمْ فَآذُوهُمَا ۖ فَإِنْ تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمَا ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ تَوَّابًا رَحِيمًا
wa-alladhāni yatiyānihā minkum faādhūhumā fa-in tābā wa-aṣlaḥā fa-aʿriḍū ʿanhumā inna l-laha kāna tawwāban raḥīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when two of you commit indecency, punish them both; but if they repent and make amends, then suffer them to be; God turns, and is All-compassionate.
- Muhammad Asad
- And punish [thus] both of the guilty parties; but if they both repent and mend their ways, leave them alone: for, behold, God is an acceptor of repentance, a dispenser of grace.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذَانِwa-alladhāni | And the two who | — |
| 2 | يَأْتِيَـٰنِهَاyatiyānihā | commit it | أتي |
| 3 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 4 | فَـَٔاذُوهُمَا ۖfaādhūhumā | then punish both of them | أذي |
| 5 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 6 | تَابَاtābā | they repent | توب |
| 7 | وَأَصْلَحَاwa-aṣlaḥā | and correct themselves | صلح |
| 8 | فَأَعْرِضُوا۟fa-aʿriḍū | then turn away | عرض |
| 9 | عَنْهُمَآ ۗʿanhumā | from both of them | — |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 13 | تَوَّابًۭاtawwāban | Oft-Forgiving | توب |
| 14 | رَّحِيمًاraḥīman | Most-Merciful | رحم |