Skip to content
Quran Maqasid

Surah An-Nisa, verse 16

Each word opens its meaning.

﴿١٦﴾

Tap a word for its meaning and pronunciation, then open its page.

Without diacritics

واللذان ياتيانها منكم فاذوهما فان تابا واصلحا فاعرضوا عنهما ان الله كان توابا رحيما

If two men among you Are guilty of lewdness, Punish them both. If they repent and amend, Leave them alone; for God Is Oft-returning, Most Merciful.

A translation is its translator's understanding of the Quran, not the Quran itself. Our method

  • Verse 16 of 176
  • Juz 4
  • Page 80

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذَانِAnd the two whowa-alladhāni
  2. يَأْتِيَـٰنِهَاcommit ityatiyānihā
  3. مِنكُمْamong youminkum
  4. فَـَٔاذُوهُمَا ۖthen punish both of themfaādhūhumā
  5. فَإِنBut iffa-in
  6. تَابَاthey repenttābā
  7. وَأَصْلَحَاand correct themselveswa-aṣlaḥā
  8. فَأَعْرِضُوا۟then turn awayfa-aʿriḍū
  9. عَنْهُمَآ ۗfrom both of themʿanhumā
  10. إِنَّIndeedinna
  11. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  12. كَانَiskāna
  13. تَوَّابًۭاOft-Forgivingtawwāban
  14. رَّحِيمًاMost-Mercifulraḥīman

Classical tafsir of this verse (in Arabic)

A tafsir is its author's reading, shown as its author wrote it. Our method

Read it in its surah