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Quran 24:8

Surah An-Noor, Verse 8

Juz 18 · Page 350 · Ruku 301 · Medinan

وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

Word by word

وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ wayadra-u But it would prevent عَنْهَا ʿanhā from her ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment أَن an that تَشْهَدَ tashhada she bears witness أَرْبَعَ arbaʿa four شَهَـٰدَٰتٍۭ shahādātin testimonies بِٱللَّهِ ۙ bil-lahi by Allah إِنَّهُۥ innahu that he لَمِنَ lamina (is) surely of ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ l-kādhibīna the liars

Transliteration

Wayadrao AAanha alAAathaba antashhada arbaAAa shahadatin billahiinnahu lamina alkathibeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And it shall avert the punishment from her if she bear witness before Allah four times that the thing he saith is indeed false,

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness four times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie;

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( ويدرأ عنها العذاب ) يعني : الحد ،

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.