The Holy Quran 4:15 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

وَٱلَّـٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا

Translation

As for those of your women who are guilty of indecent behaviour (fornication, adultery, lesbianism), call four (male, sane, mature, free Muslim) witnesses against them. If they (the witnesses) testify against them, then imprison them in their homes until death claims them or Allaah creates a way for them (until Allaah fixes another punishment). (Subsequently, the punishment for fornication was specified in the second verse of Surah 24.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Rulings on fornication and sodomy: having set out [the rulings on] orphans and inheritances, other rulings concerning relatives are now given. First, several things are said about women, the gist of which is that disciplining women and supervising them is a necessary matter, yet no transgression or oppression of any kind should be committed against them.

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