An-Nur 24:2
The Light · Medinan · Juz 18 · Page 350
No Pity in Allah’s Religion
ٱلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجۡلِدُواْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدࣲ مِّنۡهُمَا مِاْئَةَ جَلۡدَةࣲۖ وَلَا تَأۡخُذۡكُم بِهِمَا رَأۡفَةࣱ فِي دِينِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡيَوۡمِ ٱلۡأٓخِرِۖ وَلۡيَشۡهَدۡ عَذَابَهُمَا طَآئِفَةࣱ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٢
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.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Flog the fornicatress and fornicator each a hundred lashes; let not pity for them keep you from the religion of Allah.
Insight
Elmalılı distinguishes the woman who commits fornication from the woman upon whom it is committed: every perpetrator is involved, but not every victim is a perpetrator.
Reflect
In judgment, distinguish the coerced from the guilty.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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