إِلَّا

ٱلَّذِينَ

تَابُواْ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

ذَٰلِكَ

وَأَصۡلَحُواْ

فَإِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

غَفُورٞ

رَّحِيمٞ

٥

except those who repent afterwards and mend their ways, then surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

And those who accuse their wives ˹of adultery˺ but have no witness except themselves, the accuser must testify,¹ swearing four times by Allah that he is telling the truth,

and a fifth oath that Allah may condemn him if he is lying.

For her to be spared the punishment, she must swear four times by Allah that he is telling a lie,

and a fifth oath that Allah may be displeased with her if he is telling the truth.¹

˹You would have suffered,˺ had it not been for Allah’s grace and mercy upon you, and had Allah not been Accepting of Repentance, All-Wise.