Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration
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Arabic | | وَالَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ أَزْوَاجَهُمْ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُمْ شُهَدَاءُ إِلَّا أَنفُسُهُمْ فَشَهَادَةُ أَحَدِهِمْ أَرْبَعُ شَهَادَاتٍ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ |  | Transliteration | | Waallatheena yarmoona azwajahum walam yakun lahum shuhadao illa anfusuhum fashahadatu ahadihim arbaAAu shahadatin biAllahi innahu lamina alssadiqeena | |
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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
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Muhammad Asad | | And as for those who accuse their own wives [of adultery], but have no witnesses except themselves, let each of these [accusers] call God four times to witness that he is indeed telling the truth, | | | M. M. Pickthall | | As for those who accuse their wives but have no witnesses except themselves; let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies, (swearing) by Allah that he is of those who speak the truth; | | Shakir | | And (as for) those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, the evidence of one of these (should be taken) four times, bearing Allah to witness that he is most surely of the truthful ones. | | Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) | | And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in support) no evidence but their own,- their solitary evidence (can be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that they are solemnly telling the truth; | | Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938) | | And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in support) no evidence but their own,- their solitary evidence (can be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by God that they are solemnly telling the truth; | | | Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar | | And those who accuse their spouses—and there be no witnesses but themselves—let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies sworn to God that he is among the ones who are sincere | | Wahiduddin Khan | | One who accuses his wife and has no witnesses except himself shall swear four times by God that his charge is true, | | | T.B.Irving | | Any persons who accuse their spouses yet have no witnesses except themselves for it, should offer testimony by swearing four times before God that he is telling the truth, | | [Al-Muntakhab] | | And when those who accuse their wives of adultery have no witnesses but themselves, then the evidence given by any of them alone shall be accepted if he binds himself by an oath solemnly declared four times in attestation of the truth of his statement. | | [Progressive Muslims] | | And those who accuse their wives, but they have no witnesses except for themselves, then the testimony of one of them is to be equivalent to that of four witnesses if he is swearing by God that he is being truthful. | | Abdel Haleem | | As for those who accuse their own wives of adultery, but have no other witnesses, let each one four times call God to witness that he is telling the truth, | | Abdul Majid Daryabadi | | And as for those who accuse their wives and there are not for them witnesses except themselves, the testimony of one of them shall be four testimonies by Allah: that verily he is of the truth-tellers | | Ahmed Ali | | Those who accuse their wives and do not have any witnesses except themselves, should swear four times in the name of God, the testimony of each such person being that he is speaking the truth, | | Aisha Bewley | | Those who make an accusation against their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, such people should testify four times by Allah that they are telling the truth | | Ali Ünal | | As for those who accuse their own wives of adultery but have no witnesses except themselves, such a person must testify four times swearing by God in each oath that he is indeed speaking the truth. | | Ali Quli Qara'i | | As for those who accuse their wives, but have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be a fourfold testimony [sworn] by Allah that he is indeed stating the truth, | | Amatul Rahman Omar | | And those who charge their wives of adultery and have no witnesses (to support their charge) except their own selves, let each (husband) bear testimony (repeating it) four times over calling Allah to witness that he is surely of those who speak the truth in (the matter of) charging his wife (of adultery). | | Hamid S. Aziz | | And those who cast charges (accusations, imputations) against their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify four times that, by Allah, he is of those who speak the truth; | | Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali | | And the ones who throw (accusations) upon their (female) spouses, and do not have witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be four testimonies (i.e., releave) by Allah that surely he is indeed of the sincere, | | Muhammad Sarwar | | Those who accuse their spouses of committing adultery but have no witness except themselves, should testify four times saying, "God is my witness that I am telling the truth". | | Muhammad Taqi Usmani | | Those who accuse their wives (of adultery) while they have no witnesses except their own selves, then the evidence of one of them would be to swear four oaths by Allah that he is truthful, | | Shabbir Ahmed | | As for those who accuse their wives, but have no witnesses except themselves, then let the accuser call Allah four times to Witness that he is indeed telling the truth. | | Syed Vickar Ahamed | | And for those who start a case (of adultery) against their wives, and do not have witnesses (in support) except their own (testimony)— (Then, the) only evidence (from such a man is) if he testifies (under oath) four times, by Allah that he is honestly saying the truth; | | Umm Muhammad (Sahih International) | | And those who accuse their wives [of adultery] and have no witnesses except themselves - then the witness of one of them [shall be] four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the truthful. | | Farook Malik | | Those men who accuse their own wives but have no witness except themselves, each one of them shall be made to swear four times by Allah that his charge is true, | | | Dr. Munir Munshey | | And, if someone accuses his wife (of adultery) and has no witnesses other than himself, then let his testimony be treated as that of four witnesses. (Let him testify four times, saying each time that) he swears by Allah that he speaks the truth. | | Tahir-ul-Qadri Mohammad | | And those who accuse their wives (of adultery) and have no witnesses except themselves, the testimony of such a person would be to swear (himself) four times by Allah that he is truthful (in his accusation), | | | Dr. Kamal Omar | | And those who accuse their consorts and there is not on their side any witnesses except their own persons, then the testimony of one of these will be uttered as four testimonies to Allah (that) surely he indeed is of those who speak the truth. | | | Bilal Muhammad (2013 Edition) | | And for those who accuse their spouses, and have in support, no evidence but their own, their solitary evidence can be taken if they bear witness four times with a promise by God that they are solemnly telling the truth, | | Maududi | | As for those who accuse their own wives but have no witness except themselves, the evidence of one of them is that he shall swear four times by Allah and declare that he is true (in his charge). | |
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
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Bijan Moeinian | | As for the one who accuses his own wife of adultery (without having any witness,) Let him swear four times by God that he is telling the truth. | | | Faridul Haque | | And those who accuse their wives and do not have witnesses except their own statements – for such the testimony is that he bear the testimony four times by the name of Allah that he is truthful. | | | Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah | | And those who accuse their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, let them testify by swearing by Allah four times that he is of the truthful, | | Maulana Muhammad Ali | | And those who accuse their wives and have now witnesses except themselves, let one of them testify four times, bearing Allah to witness, that he is of those who speak the truth. | | | Muhammad Ahmed - Samira | | And those who blame and accuse their spouses , and (there) were not for them witnesses/testifiers except themselves, so testimony/certification (of) one of them, four testimonies/certifications by God that he truly is from (E) the truthful. | | Sher Ali | | And as for those who charge their wives with adultery and have no witnesses except themselves - the evidence of anyone of such people shall suffice if he bears witness four times in the name of ALLAH solemnly affirming that he is of those who speak the truth; | | Rashad Khalifa | | As for those who accuse their own spouses, without any other witnesses, then the testimony may be accepted if he swears by GOD four times that he is telling the truth. | | Hilali & Khan | | And for those who accuse their wives, but have no witnesses except themselves, let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies (i.e. testifies four times) by Allah that he is one of those who speak the truth. | |
Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
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Arthur John Arberry | | And those who cast it up on their wives having no witnesses except themselves, the testimony of one of them shall be to testify by God four times that he is of the truthful, | | Edward Henry Palmer | | And those who cast (imputation) on their wives and have no witnesses except themselves, then the testimony of one of them shall be to testify four times that, by God, he is of those who speak the truth; | | George Sale | | They who shall accuse their wives of adultery, and shall have no witnesses thereof besides themselves; the testimony which shall be required of one of them shall be, that he swear four times by God that he speaketh the truth: | | John Medows Rodwell | | And they who shall accuse their wives, and have no witnesses but themselves, the testimony of each of them shall be a testimony by God four times repeated, that he is indeed of them that speak the truth. | | | N J Dawood (draft) | | If a man accuses his wife but has no witnesses except himself, he shall swear four times by God that his charge is true, | |
Partial Translations, or works in progress
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| Sayyid Qutb | | And as for those who accuse their own wives [of adultery], but have no witnesses except themselves, let each of them call God four times to witness that he is indeed telling the truth; | |
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