(24:1) [This is] a surah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember. (24:2) The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse - lash each one of them with a hundred lashes, and do not be taken by pity for them in the religion of Allah, if you should believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a group of the believers witness their punishment. (24:3) The fornicator does not marry except a [female] fornicator or polytheist, and none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist, and that has been made unlawful to the believers. (24:4) And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient, (24:5) Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. (24:6) And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful. (24:7) And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be among the liars. (24:8) But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars. (24:9) And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he was of the truthful. (24:10) And if not for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Accepting of repentance and Wise. (24:11) Indeed, those who came with falsehood are a group among you. Do not think it bad for you; rather it is good for you. For every person among them is what [punishment] he has earned from the sin, and he who took upon himself the greater portion thereof - for him is a great punishment. (24:12) Why, when you heard it, did not the believing men and believing women think good of one another and say, "This is an obvious falsehood"? (24:13) Why did they [who slandered] not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah, who are the liars. (24:14) And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a great punishment
