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Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 15

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واللاتي ياتين الفاحشة من نسائكم فاستشهدوا عليهن اربعة منكم فان شهدوا فامسكوهن في البيوت حتى يتوفاهن الموت او يجعل الله لهن سبيلا

If any of your women Are guilty of lewdness, Take the evidence of four (Reliable) witnesses from amongst you Against them; and if they testify, Confine them to houses until Death do claim them, Or God ordain for them Some (other) way.

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  • Verse 15 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 80

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّـٰتِىAnd those whowa-allātī
  2. يَأْتِينَcommityatīna
  3. ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ[the] immoralityl-fāḥishata
  4. مِنfrommin
  5. نِّسَآئِكُمْyour womennisāikum
  6. فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟then call to witnessfa-is'tashhidū
  7. عَلَيْهِنَّagainst themʿalayhinna
  8. أَرْبَعَةًۭfourarbaʿatan
  9. مِّنكُمْ ۖamong youminkum
  10. فَإِنAnd iffa-in
  11. شَهِدُوا۟they testifyshahidū
  12. فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّthen confine themfa-amsikūhunna
  13. فِىinfī
  14. ٱلْبُيُوتِtheir housesl-buyūti
  15. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  16. يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّcomes to themyatawaffāhunna
  17. ٱلْمَوْتُ[the] deathl-mawtu
  18. أَوْoraw
  19. يَجْعَلَmakesyajʿala
  20. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  21. لَهُنَّfor themlahunna
  22. سَبِيلًۭاa waysabīlan

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