Rub’ al-Hizb 140 ربع ١٤٠

Un quart de hizb : 240 courts passages.

De: An-Nur 1
À: An-Nur 20
Versets: 20

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

This is a sura We have sent down and made obligatory: We have sent down clear revelations in it, so that you may take heed.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:2

Strike the adulteress and the adulterer one hundred times. Do not let compassion for them keep you from carrying out God’s law––if you believe in God and the Last Day––and ensure that a group of believers witnesses the punishment.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:3

The adulterer is only [fit] to marry an adulteress or an idolatress, and the adulteress is only [fit] to marry an adulterer or an idolater: such behaviour is forbidden to believers.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:4

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,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:5

except for those who repent later and make amends––God is most forgiving and merciful.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:6

As for those who accuse their own wives of adultery, but have no other witnesses, let each one four times call God to witness that he is telling the truth,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:7

and, the fifth time, call God to reject him if he is lying;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:8

punishment shall be averted from his wife if she in turn four times calls God to witness that her husband is lying

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

24:9

and, the fifth time, calls God to reject her if he is telling the truth.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem