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Quran verses about Testimony

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37 verses in 18 surahs · 17 subtopics

This theme first gathers the verses in which Allah is witness over all things, then those that make the Messenger ﷺ a witness over his community and the community a witness over mankind. It also covers the rules of testimony: not concealing it, testifying only to what one knows, requiring an upright witness, rejecting false testimony, and the witnesses required in cases of slanderous accusation.

Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.

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Rejected testimony: one punished for false accusation · 1 verse

An-Nur24:4

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَأْتُوا۟ بِأَرْبَعَةِ شُهَدَآءَ فَٱجْلِدُوهُمْ ثَمَٰنِينَ جَلْدَةً وَلَا تَقْبَلُوا۟ لَهُمْ شَهَٰدَةً أَبَدًا وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ ۝٤

And those who accuse chaste women and then do not produce four witnesses - lash them with eighty lashes and do not accept from them testimony ever after. And those are the defiantly disobedient,

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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.

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