Tafsir — An-Nur
Tafsir Ibn Kathir · English
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- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:1
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. سُورَةٌ أَنزَلْنَاهَا وَفَرَضْنَاهَا وَأَنزَلْنَا فِيهَا آيَاتٍ بَيِّنَاتٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُون
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:3
The Zani marries not but a Zaniyah or a Mushrikah; and the Zaniyah, none marries her except a Zani or a Mushrik. Such a thing is forbidden to the believers (3) Here Allah tells us that the Zani (male
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:4
And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever. They indeed are the rebellious (4)Except those who repent thereaft
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:6
And for those who accuse their wives, but have no witnesses except themselves, let the testimony of one of them be four testimonies by Allah that he is one of those who speak the truth (6)And the fift
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:11
Verily, those who brought forth the slander are a group among you. Consider it not a bad thing for you. Nay, it is good for you. Unto every man among them will be paid that which he had earned of the
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:12
Why then, did not the believers, men and women, when you heard it, think good of their own people and say: "This is an obvious lie? (12)Why did they not produce four witnesses against him? Since they
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:14
Had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy unto you in this world and in the Hereafter, a great torment would have touched you for that whereof you had spoken (14)When you were propagating i
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:16
And why did you not, when you heard it, say: "It is not right for us to speak of this. Glory be to You (O Allah)! This is a great lie. (16)Allah forbids you from it and warns you not to repeat the lik
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:19
Verily, those who like that Fahishah should be circulated among those who believe, they will have a painful torment in this world and in the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you know not (19) Disciplin
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:20
And had it not been for the grace of Allah and His mercy on you, and that Allah is full of kindness, Most Merciful (20)O you who believe! Follow not the Khutuwat of Shaytan. And whosoever follows the
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:22
And let not those among you who are blessed with graces and wealth swear not to give to their kinsmen, the poor, and those who left their homes for Allah's cause. Let them pardon and forgive. Do you n
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:23
Verily, those who accuse chaste believing women, who never even think of anything touching their chastity and are good believers – are cursed in this life and in the Hereafter, and for them will be a
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:26
Bad statements are for bad people and bad people for bad statements. Good statements are for good people and good people for good statements: such are innocent of (every) bad statement which they say;
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:27
O you who believe! Enter not houses other than your own, until you have asked permission and greeted those in them; that is better for you, in order that you may remember (27)And if you find no one th
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:30
Tell the believing men to lower their gaze, and protect their private parts. That is purer for them. Verily, Allah is All-Aware of what they do (30) The Command to Lower the Gaze This is a command f
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:31
And tell the believing women to lower their gaze, and protect their private parts and not to show off their adornment except that which is apparent, and to draw their veils all over their Juyub and no
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:32
And marry those among you who are single (Al-Ayama) and the pious of your servants and maidservants. If they be poor, Allah will enrich them out of His bounty. And Allah is All-Sufficent, All-Knowing
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:35
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as a niche and within it a lamp: the lamp is in a glass, the glass as it were a star Durriyyun, lit from a blessed tree, an
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:36
In houses which Allah has ordered to be raised, in them His Name is remembered. Therein glorify Him in the mornings and in the evenings (36)Men whom neither trade nor business diverts from the remembr
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir — 24:39
As for those who disbelieved, their deeds are like a mirage in a Qi'ah. The thirsty one thinks it to be water until he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing; but he finds Allah with him, Who will