The Holy Quran 24:4 — Surah An-Nur

Arabic text

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَـٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَـٰدَةً أَبَدًا ۚ وَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ

Translation

As for those who slander chaste women (accuse them of fornication or adultery) without presenting four (reliable) witnesses (who had witnessed the act explicitly), you should lash them (the accusers) eighty lashes and never accept their testimony (in a court hearing) ever again. These people are sinners (disobedient)...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

On accusing chaste women of zina (fornication): that is, [if people] accuse of zina such chaste women whose depravity is not established by any proof or indication recognised by the shariah. [Allah] states the punishment for this, and the same ruling applies to accusing chaste men.

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