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2. A
l
zzaniyatu wa
al
zzanee fa
i
jlidoo kulla wahidin minhuma mi-ata jaldatin wala
ta/khuthkum bihima ra/fatun fee deeni Allahi in kuntum tu/minoona bi
A
llahi wa
a
lyawmi
al-akhiri walyashhad AAathabahuma ta-ifatun mina almu/mineen
a
2. The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,--flog each of them with a
hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their case, in a matter prescribed by
Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness
their punishment.
3. A
l
zzanee la yankihu illa zaniyatan aw mushrikatan wa
al
zzaniyatu la yankihuha illa
zanin aw mushrikun wahurrima thalika AAala almu/mineen
a
3. Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman similarly guilty, or
an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a woman: to the
Believers such a thing is forbidden.
4. Wa
a
llatheena yarmoona almuhsanati thumma lam ya/too bi-arbaAAati shuhadaa
fa
i
jlidoohum thamaneena jaldatan wala taqbaloo lahum shahadatan abadan waola-ika
humu alfasiqoon
a
4. And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses
(to support their allegations),--flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence
ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors;--
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