Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Indeed, those who accuse chaste, unaware, believing women of fornication are cursed in this world and the Hereafter, and for them is a great punishment”
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. He asks you to interpret the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nur 24:23] painful
Answer:
A great punishment. The verse means those who accuse chaste women of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). If they say, “O fornicator,” or “So-and-so is a fornicator,” or “I committed zina with her,” then this is the accusation, which is qadhf (falsely accusing someone of zina). Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned at the beginning of the surah that they are to be flogged one hundred lashes. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nur 24:4] [An-Nur 24:4-5] Allah ruled for them with several rulings. First, that they are to be flogged one hundred lashes, and this is a hadd (fixed punishment) from the hudud (fixed Qur'anic punishments) of Allah. Eighty lashes; they are to be flogged eighty lashes, and this is a hadd from the hudud of Allah. The second ruling is that their testimony is not accepted by judges and rulers, and their news is not believed, because they are fasiq (open sinners).
The third ruling is that Allah decreed upon them open sinfulness: "Those are the open sinners." This indicates that falsely accusing a man or a woman of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) is a major sin among the major sins, and that there is a severe warning for it. This indicates the greatness of the sanctity of the believer in the sight of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it also indicates the danger of the tongue and the danger of speech, and that it brings upon its owner a great calamity. In the verse mentioned by the questioner, there is a description of the warning in the Hereafter:[An-Nur 24:23-25] All of this is a warning for the one who falsely accuses, and may Allah protect us from that.
May Allah reward you with good. He asks you to interpret the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌAnswer:
A great punishment. The verse means those who accuse chaste women of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). If they say, “O fornicator,” or “So-and-so is a fornicator,” or “I committed zina with her,” then this is the accusation, which is qadhf (falsely accusing someone of zina). Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned at the beginning of the surah that they are to be flogged one hundred lashes. Allah the Exalted said:
And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four
وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِأَرْبَعَةِwitnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient, (5) Except for those who repent thereafter and reform, for indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
شُهَدَاءَ فَاجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَانِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا لَهُمْ شَهَادَةً أَبَدًا وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ تَابُوا مِن بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصْلَحُوا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌThe third ruling is that Allah decreed upon them open sinfulness: "Those are the open sinners." This indicates that falsely accusing a man or a woman of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) is a major sin among the major sins, and that there is a severe warning for it. This indicates the greatness of the sanctity of the believer in the sight of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), and it also indicates the danger of the tongue and the danger of speech, and that it brings upon its owner a great calamity. In the verse mentioned by the questioner, there is a description of the warning in the Hereafter:
(23) Indeed, those who [falsely] accuse chaste, unaware and believing women are cursed in this world and the Hereafter; and they will have a great punishment (24) On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do. (25) That Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ لُعِنُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يُوَفِّيهِمُ اللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ الْحَقَّ وَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، تفسير قوله تعالى (إن الذين يرمون المحصنات الغافلات المؤمنات لعنوا في الدنيا والآخرة ولهم عذاب عظيم) — youtube.com
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