سُوْرَةُ النُّوْرِ
Surah An-Noor (24) — Ayah 9
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ ﴿9﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And the fifth (testimony) should be that the Wrath of Allâh be upon her if he (her husband) speaks the truth.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةَ
wal-khāmisata
And the fifth
أَنَّ
anna
that
غَضَبَ
ghaḍaba
the wrath of Allah
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
the wrath of Allah
عَلَيْهَآ
ʿalayhā
(be) upon her
إِن
in
if
كَانَ
kāna
he is
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ
l-ṣādiqīna
the truthful
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.
9-1. That is, if in response to the husband, the wife swears four times that he is lying, and the fifth time she says that if her husband is truthful (and I am lying), then may Allah's wrath descend upon me. In this case, she will be saved from the punishment for adultery. After this, there will be a permanent separation between the two. It is called "li'an" because in it both declare themselves deserving of curse if they are lying. During the time of the Prophet ﷺ, some such incidents occurred, the details of which are present in the hadiths. These very incidents became the reason for the revelation of these verses.
