سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 4
وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَـٰدَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ ﴿4﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever. They indeed are the Fâsiqûn (liars, rebellious, disobedient to Allâh).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
يَرْمُونَ
yarmūna
accuse
ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ
l-muḥ'ṣanāti
the chaste women
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
لَمْ
lam
not
يَأْتُوا۟
yatū
they bring
بِأَرْبَعَةِ
bi-arbaʿati
four
شُهَدَآءَ
shuhadāa
witnesses
فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ
fa-ij'lidūhum
then flog them
ثَمَـٰنِينَ
thamānīna
(with) eighty
جَلْدَةًۭ
jaldatan
lashe(s)
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَقْبَلُوا۟
taqbalū
accept
لَهُمْ
lahum
their
شَهَـٰدَةً
shahādatan
testimony
أَبَدًۭا ۚ
abadan
ever
وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ
wa-ulāika
And those
هُمُ
humu
they
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
l-fāsiqūna
(are) the defiantly disobedient
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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.
4-1 In this, the punishment for (slander) is stated: that any person who accuses a chaste woman or man of adultery, likewise any woman who accuses a chaste man or woman of adultery, and cannot present four witnesses as proof, then three rulings have been stated for them: 1. They shall be given eighty lashes. 2. Their testimony shall not be accepted. 3. They are, in the sight of Allah and in the sight of people, fasiq (rebellious sinners).
