Rowwad Translation Center — 350

24:1 [This is] a Chapter which We have sent down and ordained, and sent down in it clear commandments so that you may take heed.

24:2 As for the woman and the man who commit fornication; flog each of them a hundred lashes. Do not let pity for them make you lenient concerning the law of Allah, if you believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment[1].

24:3 A man who fornicates would only marry[1] a woman who fornicates or a polytheist, and a woman who fornicates would only marry a man who fornicates or a polytheist. Such marriages are forbidden to the believers[2].

24:4 As for those who accuse chaste women [of adultery] but fail to produce four witnesses, flog them eighty lashes and do not accept their testimony ever, for it is they who are the rebellious,

24:5 except those who repent afterward and mend their ways, for Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

24:6 As for those who accuse their wives [of adultery] but have no witnesses except themselves, then the evidence of one of them is to testify four times by Allah that he is telling the truth[1],

24:7 and the fifth [oath] is that may Allah curse him if he is telling a lie.

24:8 But she will be spared the punishment if she testifies four times by Allah that he is telling a lie,

24:9 and the fifth [oath] is that may Allah’s wrath be upon her if he is telling the truth[1].

24:10 Were it not for Allah’s grace and mercy upon you, and that Allah is Accepting of Repentance, All-Wise, [He would have punished you][1].