The Light
24. An-Nūr
النور
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24:8
وَيَدْرَأُ
عَنْهَا
الْعَذَابَ
أَن
تَشْهَدَ
أَرْبَعَ
شَهَادَاتٍ
بِاللَّهِ
إِنَّهُ
لَمِنَ
الْكَاذِبِينَ
wa-yadraʾu ʿanhā l-ʿadhāba ʾan tashhada ʾarbaʿa shahādātin bi-llāhi ʾinnahū la-mina l-kādhibīna
The punishment shall be averted from her by her testifying with four oaths [sworn] by Allah that he is indeed lying,
— Ali Quli Qarai
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;
