The Holy Quran 25:68 — Surah Al-Furqan

Arabic text

وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَدْعُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ وَلَا يَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَزْنُونَ ۚ وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ يَلْقَ أَثَامًا

Translation

(They are) Those who do not call to (do not worship) another Ilaah with Allaah, who only kill a soul forbidden by Allaah with a warrant (when required to execute a person whom a court of Shari'ah sentences to death), and (they are those) who do not fornicate (they neither commit fornication nor adultery). Whoever commits these (sins of Shirk, murder, fornication or adultery) shall meet with a grave punishment.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The permissible cases of killing: for example, killing in retaliation for deliberate murder, or stoning a muhsan (one who is or has been lawfully married) adulterer as the punishment for fornication, or putting to death one who abandons the religion and separates from the community — all these cases are included in the words اِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ “except by…

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