Word Analysis — The Light 24:4
an-Nur · Verse 4 of 64
Abdel Haleem Word Analysis
As for those who accuse chaste women of fornication, and then fail to provide four witnesses, strike them eighty times, and reject their testimony ever afterwards: they are the lawbreakers
| Abdel Haleem | Arabic | Root / Link | Morphology |
|---|---|---|---|
| And those who |
وَٱلَّذِينَ
(wa-alladhīna)
|
ا ل ذ ي |
Noun
Noun
|
| accuse |
يَرْمُونَ
(yarmūna)
|
ر م ي |
Verb
V
|
| the chaste women |
ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ
(l-muḥ'ṣanāti)
|
ح ص ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| then |
ثُمَّ
(thumma)
|
ث م |
Prep.
Prep
|
| not |
لَمْ
(lam)
|
ل م |
Prep.
Prep
|
| they bring |
يَأْتُوا۟
(yatū)
|
أ ت ي |
Verb
V
|
| four |
بِأَرْبَعَةِ
(bi-arbaʿati)
|
ر ب ع |
Noun
Noun
|
| witnesses |
شُهَدَآءَ
(shuhadāa)
|
ش ه د |
Noun
Noun
|
| then flog them |
فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ
(fa-ij'lidūhum)
|
ج ل د |
Verb
V
|
| (with) eighty |
ثَمَٰنِينَ
(thamānīna)
|
ث م ن |
Noun
Noun
|
| lashe(s) |
جَلْدَةً
(jaldatan)
|
ج ل د |
Noun
Noun
|
| and (do) not |
وَلَا
(walā)
|
ل ا |
Prep.
Prep
|
| accept |
تَقْبَلُوا۟
(taqbalū)
|
ق ب ل |
Verb
V
|
| their |
لَهُمْ
(lahum)
|
— |
Noun
Noun
|
| testimony |
شَهَٰدَةً
(shahādatan)
|
ش ه د |
Noun
Noun
|
| ever |
أَبَدًا
(abadan)
|
أ ب د |
Noun
Noun
|
| And those |
وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
(wa-ulāika)
|
ذ ل ك |
Noun
Noun
|
| they |
هُمُ
(humu)
|
— |
Noun
Noun
|
| (are) the defiantly disobedient |
ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ
(l-fāsiqūna)
|
ف س ق |
Noun
Noun
|