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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 16 (4:16)

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وَٱلَّذَانِ يَأْتِيَٰنِهَا مِنكُمْ فََٔاذُوهُمَا ۖ فَإِن تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا۟ عَنْهُمَآ ۗ …

Quran 4:16 is ayah 16 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 80 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:16
وَٱلَّذَانِيَأْتِيَٰنِهَامِنكُمْفََٔاذُوهُمَا ۖفَإِنتَابَاوَأَصْلَحَافَأَعْرِضُوا۟عَنْهُمَآ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَكَانَتَوَّابًارَّحِيمًا١٦
wa-alladhāni yatiyānihā minkum faādhūhumā fa-in tābā wa-aṣlaḥā fa-aʿriḍū ʿanhumā inna l-laha kāna tawwāban raḥīman

And the two who commit it [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] among you - punish [i.e., dishonor] them both. But if they repent and correct themselves, leave them alone. Indeed, Allāh is ever Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.(16)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذَانِwa-alladhāniAnd the two who
  2. يَأْتِيَٰنِهَاyatiyānihācommit it
  3. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
  4. فََٔاذُوهُمَا ۖfaādhūhumāthen punish both of them
  5. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  6. تَابَاtābāthey repent
  7. وَأَصْلَحَاwa-aṣlaḥāand correct themselves
  8. فَأَعْرِضُوا۟fa-aʿriḍūthen turn away
  9. عَنْهُمَآ ۗʿanhumāfrom both of them
  10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  11. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  12. كَانَkānais
  13. تَوَّابًاtawwābanOft-Forgiving
  14. رَّحِيمًاraḥīmanMost-Merciful

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