An-Nisā’Ayah 15 of 176· Page 80· Juz 4

وَٱلَّـٰتِى يَأْتِينَ ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةًۭ مِّنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن شَهِدُوا۟ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىٰ يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّ ٱلْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلًۭا

Those who commit unlawful sexual intercourse of your women - bring against them four [witnesses] from among you. And if they testify, confine the guilty women to houses until death takes them or Allah ordains for them [another] way.

An-Nisā’ 4:15

Initial order relating to the punishment for women guilty o fornication

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وَٱلَّـٰتِىwa-allātīAnd those who
Noun
يَأْتِينَyatīnacommit
Verbأتي
ٱلْفَـٰحِشَةَl-fāḥishata[the] immorality
Nounفحش
مِنminfrom
Particle
نِّسَآئِكُمْnisāikumyour women
Nounنسو
فَٱسْتَشْهِدُوا۟fa-is'tashhidūthen call to witness
Verbشهد
عَلَيْهِنَّʿalayhinnaagainst them
Particle
أَرْبَعَةًۭarbaʿatanfour
Nounربع
مِّنكُمْ ۖminkumamong you
Particle
فَإِنfa-inAnd if
Particle
شَهِدُوا۟shahidūthey testify
Verbشهد
فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّfa-amsikūhunnathen confine them
Verbمسك
فِىin
Particle
ٱلْبُيُوتِl-buyūtitheir houses
Nounبيت
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
Particle
يَتَوَفَّىٰهُنَّyatawaffāhunnacomes to them
Verbوفي
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtu[the] death
Nounموت
أَوْawor
Particle
يَجْعَلَyajʿalamakes
Verbجعل
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
Nounأله
لَهُنَّlahunnafor them
Noun
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
Nounسبل
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Deathالموت
Immoralityالفحشاء
punish both
repentance cancels punishment
women
four witnesses required in order to "convict"
punishment for
Womenالنساء
gross moral depravity
Houseالبيت
Numberالعدد
Obscenityالفاحشة
Witnessشاهد