وَالَّـتِى یَأْتِینَ الْفَـحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِکُمْ فَاسْتَشْهِدُوا عَلَیْهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنکُمْ فَإِن شَهِدُوا فَأَمْسِکُوهُنَّ فِى الْبُیُوتِ حَتَّى یَتَوَفَّـهُنَّ الْمَوْتُ أَوْ یَجْعَلَ اللهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِیلا(( 15 )) 15- AND IF ANY OF YOUR WOMEN COMMIT FORNICATION, CALL FOUR OF YOU (MUSLIMS) TO WITNESS AGAINST THEM. AND IF THEY WITNESSED, CONFINE THEM IN THE HOUSES UNTIL DEATH TAKES THEM AWAY, OR ALLAH ORDAINS FOR THEM SOME OTHER WAY. وَالَّذانَ یَأْتِیَـنِهَا مِنکُمْ فَأَذُوهُمَا فَإِن تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُوا عَنْهُمَا إِنَّ اللهَ کَانَ تَوَّاباً رَّحِیماً(( 16 )) 16- AND THOSE TWO OF YOU (WHO ARE BACHELORS AND HAVE NOT MARRIED YET) IF THEY COMMIT THAT, (FORNICATION) PUNISH THEM BOTH, (FLOG EACH OF THEM WITH A HUNDRED STRIPES) BUT IF THEY REPENT AND AMEND, THEN LEAVE THEM ALONE, THAT ALLAH IS OFT- RETURNING (TO MERCY) AND COMPASSIONATE.