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Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 19

The Light · Medinan · Juz 18 · Page 351

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَ أَن تَشِيعَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةُ فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿19﴾
Verily, those who like that (the crime of) illegal sexual intercourse should be propagated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allâh knows and you know not.
إِنَّ inna Indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
يُحِبُّونَ yuḥibbūna like
أَن an that
تَشِيعَ tashīʿa (should) spread
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةُ l-fāḥishatu the immorality
فِى among
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe
لَهُمْ lahum for them
عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun (is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ alīmun painful
فِى in
ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā the world
وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ wal-ākhirati and the Hereafter
وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu And Allah
يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu knows
وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you
لَا (do) not
تَعْلَمُونَ taʿlamūna know

Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.

19. The meaning of فَاحِشَۃ is indecency, and the Quran has also termed adultery as فاحشہ (Bani Isra'il), and here, Allah Almighty has described the spreading of a false report of adultery as indecency as well, and has declared it a cause of painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter.