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Surah An-Nur, Verse 9

سورة النور، الآية ٩

24:9 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 350 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 24:9

وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَآ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ ۝٩

Transliteration

wal-khāmisata anna ghaḍaba l-lahi ʿalayhā in kāna mina l-ṣādiqīna

Translation

And the fifth [oath will be] that the wrath of Allāh be upon her if he was of the truthful.

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Verse 9 of Surah An-Nur (24:9), a Medinan surah, is in juz 18, on page 350 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 9

Al-Mukhtasar

Then on her fifth testimony, she will add that the anger of Allah be on her if he is truthful in what he has accused her of.

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Other translations of verse 9

and the fifth [oath] is that may Allah’s wrath be upon her if he is telling the truth5.

Notes

[5] It is called li‘ān; once the husband and the wife swear each five times, the marriage is terminated forever.

And the fifth (testimony) should be that the Wrath of Allâh be upon her if he (her husband) speaks the truth.

And a fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be upon her if he speaketh truth.

And the fifth (oath) should be that she solemnly invokes the wrath of Allah on herself if (her accuser) is telling the truth.

And the fifth (time) that the wrath of Allah be on her if he is one of the truthful.

And the fifth (testimony) that the anger of Allah shall be upon her in case he is of the sincere.

Verse 9 word by word

  1. وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةَ wal-khāmisata And the fifth خ م س
  2. أَنَّ anna that
  3. غَضَبَ ghaḍaba the wrath of Allah غ ض ب
  4. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi the wrath of Allah
  5. عَلَيْهَآ ʿalayhā (be) upon her
  6. إِن in if
  7. كَانَ kāna he is ك و ن
  8. مِنَ mina of
  9. ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ l-ṣādiqīna the truthful ص د ق

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4747

Hilāl ibn Umayyah went to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and accused his wife of committing illegal sexual intercourse with Sharīk ibn Sahmā'. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: Either you provide proof, or you will receive the legal punishment on your back

Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that Hilāl ibn Umayyah went to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and accused his wife of committing illegal sexual intercourse with Sharīk ibn Sahmā'. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him)…

الْبَيِّنَةَ أَوْ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُنَا عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ رَجُلاً يَنْطَلِقُ يَلْتَمِسُ الْبَيِّنَةَ‏.‏ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 7 other versions Explained

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 3473

"I heard Sa'eed bin Jubair say: 'I was asked about the two who engage in Li'an during the governorship of Ibn Az-Zubair - should they be separated? I did not know what to say, so I got up and went to the house of Ibn 'Umar and said: "O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman, should the two who engage in Li'an be…

الأَمْرَ الَّذِي سَأَلْتُكَ ابْتُلِيتُ بِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ هَؤُلاَءِ الآيَاتِ فِي سُورَةِ النُّورِ ‏‏{‏ وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ ‏}‏ حَتَّى بَلَغَ ‏‏{‏ وَالْخَامِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ اللَّهِ…

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 7 other versions

Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 2067

Hilal bin Umayyah accused his wife in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) of (committing adultery) with Sharik bin Sahma'. The Prophet said: "Bring proof or you will feel the Hadd (punishment) on your back." Hilal bin Umayyah said: "By the One Who sent you with the truth, I am telling the truth, and…

"‏ الْبَيِّنَةُ أَوْ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ هِلاَلُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ إِنِّي لَصَادِقٌ وَلَيُنْزِلَنَّ اللَّهُ فِي أَمْرِي مَا يُبَرِّئُ ظَهْرِي ‏.‏ قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 7 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4748

A man accused his wife of illegal sexual intercourse and denied his paternity to her (conceived) child during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ordered them both to do Mula'ana as Allah decreed and then gave his decision that the child would be for the mother, and a…

فَأَمَرَ بِهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَلاَعَنَا كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ قَضَى بِالْوَلَدِ لِلْمَرْأَةِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَلاَعِنَيْنِ‏.‏

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar + 1 other version

Authentic Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3179

"Hilal bin Umayyah went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and accused his wife of committing illegal sexual intercourse with Sharik bin Sahma. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Either you produce proof, or you will receive the legal punishment on your back.'" He said: "Hilal said: 'O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)! If…

"‏ الْبِيِّنَةَ وَإِلاَّ حَدٌّ فِي ظَهْرِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ هِلاَلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا رَأَى أَحَدُنَا رَجُلاً عَلَى امْرَأَتِهِ أَيَلْتَمِسُ الْبَيِّنَةَ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ…

+ 7 other versions

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