Surah An-Nisa, ayah 15
وَٱلَّـٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا
Those who commit immorality [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine them [i.e., the guilty women] to houses until death takes them or Allāh ordains for them [another] way.
An-Nisa · 4:15
Word by word
- وَٱلَّـٰتِىwa-allātīAnd those who
- يَأْتِينَyatīnacommit
- ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata[the] immorality
- مِنminfrom
- نِّسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour women
- فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟fa-is'tashhidūthen call to witness
- عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaagainst them
- أَرْبَعَةًۭarbaʿatanfour
- مِّنكُمْ ۖminkumamong you
- فَإِنfa-inAnd if
- شَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testify
- فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen confine them
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūtitheir houses
- حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
- يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّyatawaffāhunnacomes to them
- ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
- أَوْawor
- يَجْعَلَyajʿalamakes
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
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