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An-Nisa (The Women) · Ayah 15

وَٱلَّـٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًا 15

Those who commit immorality [i.e., unlawful sexual intercourse] of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine them [i.e., the guilty women] to houses until death takes them or Allāh ordains for them [another] way.

وَٱلَّـٰتِىwa-allātīAnd those who
noun
يَأْتِينَyatīnacommit
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata[the] immorality
مِنminfrom
نِّسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour women
فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟fa-is'tashhidūthen call to witness
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaagainst them
noun
أَرْبَعَةًۭarbaʿatanfour
مِّنكُمْ ۖminkumamong you
noun
فَإِنfa-inAnd if
شَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testify
فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen confine them
فِىin
ٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūtitheir houses
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّyatawaffāhunnacomes to them
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
أَوْawor
يَجْعَلَyajʿalamakes
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
noun
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
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