The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 4) — Page 343
PT. 18 AN-NŪR CH. 24 وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ who 7. And as for those calumniate their wives, and have no themselves witnesses the evidence of لَهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنْفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَادَةُ except % أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَدَتٍ بِاللهِ إِنَّهُ any one of such people shall suffice if he bears witness four times in the name of Allah saying that he is surely of those who speak the truth. 2596 لَمِنَ الصُّدِقِينَ وَالْخَامِسَةُ اَنَّ لَعْنَتَ اللهِ عَلَيْهِ إِ And his fifth oathe shall be to. 8 مِنَ الْكَذِبِينَ وَيَدْرَوا عَنْهَا الْعَذَابَ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ the شَهَدَتِ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الْكَذِبِينَ say that Allah's curse be upon him if he be of the liars. 2597 9. But it shall avert punishment from her if she bears witness four times in the name of Allah saying that he is of the liars. 2598 وَالْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللهِ عَلَيْهَا إِن كَانَ And her fifth oath shall be. 10 مِنَ الصُّدِقِينَ to say that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaks the truth. three punishments prescribed for slandering is to be remitted after a slanderer repents and makes amends. The question of the first punishment does not arise because the corporal punishment is administered as soon as the offence of the guilty person is proved. The last two punishments can only be remitted after a real and true repentance is proved. 2596. Commentary: As suspicion between husband and wife is likely to cast a severe strain on the whole family relations, a special regulation has been laid down in the verse under comment to meet such an unhappy situation if it ever happens to arise. If a husband accuses his wife of adultery he has to declare on oath four times that his allegation is true. 2257 2597. Commentary: Before the accuser invokes the curse of God upon himself, the serious consequences of a false oath should be fully explained to him. 2598. Commentary: After the accused woman has established her innocence by taking four oaths that her husband has