سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 7
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And the fifth (testimony should be) the invoking of the Curse of Allâh on him if he be of those who tell a lie (against her).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ
wal-khāmisatu
And the fifth
أَنَّ
anna
that
لَعْنَتَ
laʿnata
(the) curse of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(the) curse of Allah
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
(be) upon him
إِن
in
if
كَانَ
kāna
he is
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ
l-kādhibīna
the liars
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.
7-1 In this, the issue of Li'an is explained, which means that if a man sees his wife committing adultery with another person with his own eyes, of which he himself is an eyewitness, but since for the establishment of the punishment of adultery, the testimony of four male eyewitnesses is necessary, therefore, until he presents three more eyewitnesses along with himself, the punishment of adultery cannot be imposed on his wife. However, after witnessing with his own eyes, it is also impossible for him to tolerate such an immoral wife. Shariah has provided the solution that this person will, in the court or before the authorized ruler, swear by Allah four times that he is truthful in accusing his wife of adultery, that the child or pregnancy is not his. And the fifth time, he will say that if he is lying, then upon him be the curse of Allah.
