Surah Nur Ayat 8 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 8
But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars.
But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness four times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie;
(As for the woman), it shall avert the punishment from her if she swears four times by Allah that the man is false (in his charge)
But it shall avert the punishment (of stoning to death) from her, if she bears witness four times by Allah, that he (her husband) is telling a lie.
And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bear witness before Allah four times that the thing he saith is indeed false,
And it shall shove off (i.e., releave) the torment from her that she testifies four testimonies (i.e., oaths) by Allah that surely he is indeed of the liars.
punishment shall be averted from his wife if she in turn four times calls God to witness that her husband is lying
اور اس عورت سے سزا اس طرح دور ہوسکتی ہے کہ وه چار مرتبہ اللہ کی قسم کھا کر کہے کہ یقیناً اس کا مرد جھوٹ بولنے والوں میں سے ہے
Quran 24 Verse 8 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Nur ayat 8, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(24:8) And the punishment shall be averted from the woman if she were to testify, swearing by Allah four times that the man was lying,
There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.
Ibn-Kathir
The tafsir of Surah An-Nur verse 8 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Nur ayat 6 which provides the complete commentary from verse 6 through 10.
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