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The whore and the whoremonger - scourge each of them with an hundred stripes; and let not compassion keep you from carrying out the sentence of God, if ye believe in God and the last day: And let some of the faithful witness their chastisement
Sources
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Compare translations (4)Talal Itani· published 2012
The adulteress and the adulterer-whip each one of them a hundred lashes, and let no pity towards them overcome you regarding God's Law, if you believe in God and the Last Day. And let a group of believers witness their punishment.
Translation Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1875–1936 · published 1930
The adulterer and the adulteress, scourge ye each one of them (with) a hundred stripes. And let not pity for the twainwithhold you from obedience to Allah, if ye believe in Allah and the Last Day. And let a party of believers witness their punishment
Sources
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Edward Henry Palmer1840–1882 · published 1880
The whore and the whoremonger. Scourge each of them with a hundred stripes, and do not let pity for them takehold of you in God's religion, if ye believe in God and the last day; and let a party of the believers witness their torment
Sources
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
The whore, and the whoremonger, shall ye scourge with an hundred stripes. And let not compassion towards them prevent you from executing the judgment of God; if ye believe in God and the last day: And let some of the true believers be witnesses of their punishment
Sources
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work
·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Other languages (18)Shqip · Albanian
Të përdalën dhe të përdalin, rrihni çdonjërin prej tyre me nga njëqind të rëna dhe të mos ju kaplojë dhembshuria ndaj tyre kur bëhet fjalë për ligjin e Allahut, nëse njëmend e besoni Allahun dhe Ditën e Fundit. Le të jenë të pranishëm në dënimin e tyre një grup besimtarësh.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
বাংলা · Bengali
(অবিবাহিত) ব্যভিচারিণী ও ব্যভিচারী তাদের প্রত্যেককে একশটি করে বেত্রাঘাত করো। আর যদি তোমরা আল্লাহ ও শেষ দিবসের প্রতি ঈমান এনে থাক, তবে আল্লাহর দীনের ব্যাপারে তাদের প্রতি দয়া যেন তোমাদেরকে পেয়ে না বসে। আর মু’মিনদের একটি দল যেন তাদের শাস্তি প্রত্যক্ষ করে।(১)
Translated by the team of Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Dawah Association in Rabwah, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2
Bosanski · Bosnian
Bludnicu i bludnika izbičujte sa stotinu udaraca biča, svakog od njih, i neka vas pri vršenju Allahovih propisa ne obuzima prema njima nikakvo sažaljenje, ako u Allaha i u onaj svijet vjerujete, i neka kažnjavanju njihovu jedna skupina vjernika prisustvuje!
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 2.0.4
Hrvatski · Croatian
Bludnicu i bludnika izbičujte sa stotinu udaraca biča, svakog od njih, i neka vas pri vršenju Allahovih propisa ne obuzima prema njima nikakvo sažaljenje, ako u Allaha i u onaj svijet vjerujete, i neka kažnjavanju njihovu jedna skupina vjernika prisustvuje!
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Fulfulde · Fulani
Debbo jinoowo on e gorko jinoowo on foccee gooto kala e maɓɓe paatawol(looci) teemedere, wota njurmeende maɓɓe nanngu on e fii Diina Alla ka, si tawii on laatike hoɗon ngooŋɗini Alla e Ñalaande Laakara nden. Yo seedo foccugol ɓe ngol jamaa immorde e gooŋɗinɓe ɓen.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
ქართული · Georgian
მეძავი ქალი და მეძავი კაცი[1] (რომლებიც ადრე ქორწინებაში არ ყოფილან) — თითოეულს ასი შოლტის დარტყმა მიაყენეთ. და ნუ დაგეუფლებათ მათ მიმართ სიბრალული [თანაგრძნობა] ალლაჰის კანონის აღსრულებისას, თუ გწამთ ალლაჰი და დღე უკანასკნელი. და დაე, მათ დასჯას მორწმუნეთა ერთმა ჯგუფმა დაესწროს (რათა ეს ზოგისთვის გაკიცხვად, სხვებისთვის კი გაფრთხილებად და შეგონებად იქცეს).
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.7
Deutsch · German
Die Frau, die Unzucht begeht und der Mann, der Unzucht begeht, so peitscht jeden von ihnen mit hundert (Peitschen)hieben aus. Und lasst euch nicht von Mitleid mit ihnen beiden angesichts (der Rechtsbestimmungen) der Religion Allahs ergreifen, wenn ihr (wirklich) an Allah und an den Jüngsten Tag glaubt. Und bei (der Vollstreckung) ihrer Strafe soll ein Teil von den Gläubigen zugegen sein.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.15
Ελληνικά · Greek
Όσο για τη μοιχαλίδα και τον μοιχό, χτυπήστε (ω, κυβερνήτες ή δικαστές) τον καθένα τους εκατό μαστιγώματα. Μην αφήσετε τον οίκτο γι' αυτούς να σας κάνει να μην εφαρμόσετε την εντολή του Αλλάχ, εάν πιστεύετε στον Αλλάχ και στην Εσχάτη Ημέρα. Και ας γίνει μία ομάδα πιστών μάρτυρας της τιμωρίας τους.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
हिन्दी · Hindi
जो व्यभिचार[1] करने वाली महिला है और जो व्यभिचार करने वाला पुरुष है, दोनों में से प्रत्येक को सौ कोड़े मारो। और तुम्हें अल्लाह के धर्म के विषय में उन दोनों पर कोई तरस न आए[2], यदि तुम अल्लाह तथा अंतिम दिन पर ईमान रखते हो। और आवश्यक है कि उनके दंड के समय ईमानवालों का एक समूह उपस्थित[3] हो।
Translated by Azizul Haq Al-Omari
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.5
Italiano · Italian
Infliggete all’adultero e all’adultera cento frustate ciascuno e non abbiate compassione di loro nella religione di Allāh, se siete credenti in Allāh e nell’Ultimo Giorno. E che un gruppo di fedeli assista alla loro punizione.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Lietuvių · Lithuanian
2. Sanguliautoja ir sanguliautojas, plakit kiekvieną iš jų šimtu kirčių. Lai užuojauta nesulaiko tavęs dėl jų reikalo bausmėje, nurodytoje Allaho, jei tiki Allahą ir Paskutiniąją Dieną. Ir lai dalis tikinčiųjų stebi jų bausmę.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.0
Русский · Russian
Прелюбодейку и прелюбодея — каждого из них высеките ста ударами. И пусть не овладевает вами жалость к ним в религии Аллаха, если вы веруете в Аллаха и в Последний день. И пусть группа верующих станет свидетелем их наказания.
Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.1
Српски · Serbian
Блудницу и блудника избичујте са по стотину удараца бича, и нека вас при вршењу Аллахових прописа не обузима према њима никакво сажаљење, ако верујете у Аллаха и у Судњи дан, и нека њиховом кажњавању посведочи једна група верника!
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
Kiswahili · Swahili
Mzinifu mwanamke na mzinifu mwanamume, mtandikeni kila mmoja katika wao bakora mia. Wala isiwashike huruma kwa ajili yao katika hukumu ya Mwenyezi Mungu, ikiwa nyinyi mnamuamini Mwenyezi Mungu na Siku ya Mwisho. Na lishuhudie adhabu yao kundi la Waumini.
Issued by the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.5
Svenska · Swedish
Ge den kvinna och den man som begår otukt hundra piskrapp var. Låt inte medlidande avhålla er från att verkställa Guds lag, om ni verkligen tror på Gud och den yttersta dagen. Och låt en grupp av de troende bevittna deras straff.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.2
Türkçe · Turkish
Zina eden kadın ve zina eden erkekten her birine yüz değnek vurun. Allah'a ve ahiret gününe iman ediyorsanız, Allah'ın dini hususunda onlara karşı acıma duygusu sizi (uygulayacağınız cezadan) engellemesin. Müminlerden bir grup da onlara uygulanan cezaya şahit olsun.
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From QuranEnc.com, version 1.0.4
اردو · Urdu
زناکار عورت و مرد میں سے ہر ایک کو سو کوڑے لگاؤ[1] ۔ ان پر اللہ کی شریعت کی حد جاری کرتے ہوئے تمہیں ہرگز ترس نہ کھانا چاہیئے، اگر تمہیں اللہ پر اور قیامت کے دن پر ایمان ہو[2]۔ ان کی سزا کے وقت مسلمانوں کی ایک جماعت موجود ہونی چاہیئے.[3]
Translated by Muhammad Ibrahim Junagarhi, developed under the supervision of the Rowwad Translation Center. The original translation is available for the purpose of expressing opinion, evaluation, and continuous development.
From QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.3
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DIN 31635sūratun ʾanzalnāhā wafaraḍnāhā waʾanzalnā fīhā ʾāyātin bayyinātin laʿallakum taḏakkarūna
The translators word this verse differently
Talal Itani2012 A chapter that We have revealed, and made obligatory, and revealed in it clear Verses, that you may take heed.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 (Here is) a surah which We have revealed and enjoined, and wherein We have revealed plain tokens, that haply ye may take heed
Edward Henry Palmer1880 A chapter which we have sent down and determined, and have sent down therein manifest signs; haply ye may be mindful
John Medows Rodwell1861 A SURA which we have sent down and sanctioned! Clear signs have we sent down therein, that ye may take warning
George Sale1734 This sura have We sent down from heaven; and have ratified the same: And We have revealed therein evident signs, that ye may be warned
Talal Itani2012 The adulterer shall marry none but an adulteress or an idolatress; and the adulteress shall marry none but an adulterer or an idolater. That has been prohibited for the believers.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 The adulterer shall not marry save an adulteress or an idolatress, and the adulteress none shall marry save an adulterer or an idolater. All that is forbidden unto believers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 And the whoremonger shall marry none but a whore or an idolatress; and the whore shall none marry but an adulterer or an idolater; God has prohibited this to the believers
John Medows Rodwell1861 The whoremonger shall not marry other than a whore or an idolatress; and the whore shall not marry other than a whoremonger or an idolater. Such alliances are forbidden to the faithful
George Sale1734 The whoremonger shall not marry any other than a harlot, or an idolatress. And a harlot shall no man take in marriage, except a whoremonger, or an idolater. And this kind of marriage is forbidden the true believers
Talal Itani2012 Those who accuse chaste women, then cannot bring four witnesses, whip them eighty lashes, and do not ever accept their testimony. For these are the immoral.
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall1930 And those who accuse honourable women but bring not four witnesses, scourge them (with) eighty stripes and never (afterward) accept their testimony - They indeed are evil-doers
Edward Henry Palmer1880 but those who cast (imputations) on chaste women and then do not bring four witnesses, scourge them with eighty stripes, and do not receive any testimony of theirs ever, for these are the workers of abomination
John Medows Rodwell1861 They who defame virtuous women, and bring not four witnesses, scourge them with fourscore stripes, and receive ye not their testimony for ever, for these are perverse persons
George Sale1734 But as to those who accuse women of reputation of whoredom, and produce not four witnesses of the fact, scourge them with fourscore stripes, and receive not their testimony for ever; for such are infamous prevaricators
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0.644
Share of measured verses above it
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Verses above it
2,079
Verses measured
6,236
Talal Itani · John Medows Rodwell0.67
Talal Itani · George Sale0.66
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · George Sale0.57
Talal Itani · Edward Henry Palmer0.57
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · John Medows Rodwell0.55
Edward Henry Palmer · George Sale0.53
Talal Itani · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.51
Edward Henry Palmer · John Medows Rodwell0.48
Edward Henry Palmer · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall0.43
John Medows Rodwell · George Sale0.42
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Source Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) · Uthmani, Version 1.1
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Licence read verbatim from the block embedded in this very file. Ingested exactly as shipped: no normalisation, no stripping of marks, no Unicode recomposition.
Parsed structurally from the EPUB: an h3 names the surah, one p per verse with its number in its own span. An unnumbered p is the basmala and is not a verse, except in surah 1 where the basmala IS verse 1. 112 unnumbered paragraphs were found, which is 114 surahs less surah 1 and surah 9. Text is stored VERBATIM: NFC normalisation and XML entity unescaping only, because CC BY-ND forbids modification.
CLEARED on a licence read first-hand from the translator's own download page, not from an aggregator. Tanzil also hosts this translation, but under a blanket "non-commercial purposes only" term that directs the user to the translator or publisher for permission - a hosting disclaimer, not a grant - so the grant was taken from the licensor directly. The "God" edition was ingested; ClearQuran also publishes an "Allah" edition, differing in how the divine name is rendered, which is not ingested.
CLEARED ON THE WORK, WITH TWO RECORDED CAVEATS ON THIS COPY. (1) Rights basis is the expired copyright term, NOT the redistributing repository's licence. That repository dedicates its contents to the public domain under the Unlicense while also redistributing plainly in-copyright translations (Abdel Haleem, Saheeh International, The Study Quran), so it is dedicating rights it cannot hold and its blanket grant is not relied upon here. (2) The file declares its own upstream as tanzil.net, and Tanzil attaches a non-commercial condition to its TRANSLATION distributions, though not to its Qur'anic text. Since Pickthall's copyright has expired, nobody holds rights in these words and no licence is required from anyone; Tanzil's terms are a contract binding those who download from Tanzil, which we did not. The chain is nonetheless not spotless and Anwar may prefer a clean digitisation of the 1930 printing. NOT VERIFIED: that this digital text matches the 1930 first printing rather than a later revised edition. No page images were collated. Recorded as unverified rather than presented as established. SERVED TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE CITED FILE AT ONE VERSE, 37:97: the file reads "red-hotfire" (a glued token, also in Gutenberg #16955); the served row reads "red-hot fire", restored 2026-09-13 from Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (London: George Allen & Unwin, printed for Alfred A. Knopf; 1930), p. 460, XXXVII 97 - scan archive.org in.ernet.dli.2015.216140, PDF page 475; banked data/derivation-sources/pickthall-1930-dli-2015.216140-text.pdf (sha256 70e81146c97fa3a590243a82e04e349108546074787e2551a78c616202138870) on Anwar Malik's grant.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is not stated by the redistributor and the printing is unverified. No statement of purpose is recorded for Palmer because none was sourced from his own preface in this pass; nothing is asserted on his behalf.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. TWO edition caveats. (1) The upstream is not stated by the redistributor. (2) Rodwell's own edition PRESENTS THE SURAHS IN HIS OWN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, not the mushaf order — he says so in his preface. This digital text is keyed to mushaf order, so it derives from a restored-order printing (such as the Everyman edition) rather than from Rodwell's own arrangement. Which printing is not stated and has not been established.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 verses, keyed to mushaf order. The
bismillah is not fused into ayah 1: 1:1 carries it and no other verse
does. Verified against content check C3 at ingest.
CLEARED ON THE WORK. Term expired by every measure. The digital edition's upstream is NOT STATED by the redistributor, so the printing it represents is unverified; Sale's text was reprinted and re-edited many times between 1734 and 1900. Recorded as unverified rather than assumed to be the first edition.
Hafs/Kufan verse numbering, 6236 ayahs. The bismillah is delivered as a separate `bismillah` attribute on ayah 1 and is NOT fused into the ayah text. 112 surahs carry one: every surah except al-Fatiha, where the bismillah is ayah 1:1 itself, and at-Tawba, which has none. Sourced from the XML output; the plain-text output of the same release DOES fuse it, which is defect D1.
CLEARED. Parallel edition, held in ayah_text_variants. It sits alongside the Uthmani spine for search normalisation and is never used to correct it.