The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء

Al Nisā’ (The Women)

ٱلنِّسَاء

4:66
4:66

wa-law ʾannā katabnā ʿalayhim ʾani qtulū ʾanfusakum ʾawi khrujū min diyārikum faʿalūhu ʾillā qalīlun minhum wa-law ʾannahum faʿalū yūʿaẓūna bihī la-kāna khayran lahum wa-ʾashadda tathbītan

Had We prescribed for them, [commanding]: ‘Slay [the guilty among] your folks or leave your habitations,’ they would not have done it except a few of them. And if they had done as they were advised, it would have been better for them and stronger in confirming [their faith].

Ali Quli Qarai