And say: O my Lord! forgive and have mercy, and Thou art the best of
the Merciful ones.

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Chapter 24:

AL-NOOR (THE LIGHT)
Total Verses: 64 Revealed At: MADINA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

024.001
Y: A sura which We have sent down and which We have ordained in it have
We sent down Clear Signs, in order that ye may receive admonition.

P: (Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We
have revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed.

S: (This is) a Chapter which We have revealed and made obligatory and in
which We have revealed clear communications that you may be mindful.

024.002
Y: The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication,- flog each
of them with a hundred stripes: Let not compassion move you in their
case, in a matter prescribed by Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the
Last Day: and let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.

P: The adulterer and the adulteress, scourge ye each one of them (with)
a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twain withhold you from
obedience to Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a
party of believers witness their punishment.

S: (As for) the fornicatress and the fornicator, flog each of them,
(giving) a hundred stripes, and let not pity for them detain you in the
matter of obedience to Allah, if you believe in Allah and the last day,
and let a party of believers witness their chastisement.

024.003
Y: Let no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman
similarly guilty, or an Unbeliever: nor let any but such a man or an
unbeliever marry such a woman: to the Believers such a thing is
forbidden.

P: The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress,
and the adulteress none shall marry save an adulterer or an idolater.
All that is forbidden unto believers.

S: The fornicator shall not marry any but a fornicatress or idolatress,
and (as for) the fornicatress, none shall marry her but a fornicator or
an idolater; and it is forbidden to the believers.

024.004
Y: And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not
four witnesses (to support their allegations),- flog them with eighty
stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for