An-Nur[1] (Arabic: النور, ’an-nūr; meaning: The Light) is the 24th chapter of the Quran with 64 verses
1 This chapter revealed from heaven
2-3 Law relating to fornication
4-5 Punishment for defaming virtuous women
6-10 Law relating to charge of adultery when made by a husband against his wife
11-20 Ayesha’s slanderers reproved, and their punishment
21 Believers warned against evil deeds
22 The rich to forgive the poor, and bestow charity upon them
23-25 False accusers of virtuous women for ever accursed
26 Wicked men and women condemned to each other’s society
27-29 Manners to be observed in visiting each other’s homes
30-31 Pious men and women exhorted to modest demeanour
32 Marriageable women to be married if possible
32 Men-servants and maid-servants to be married when honest
33 Unmarried Muslims exhorted to continence
33 Masters to encourage slaves to purchase their freedom
34 The Quran an admonition to the pious
35 The similitude of God’s light
36-38 The conduct of true believers described
39 Infidelity likened to a desert mirage or the darkness of a stormy sea
40-41 God praised by all his creatures
42-45 God revealed in all the phenomena of nature
46-56 Hypocrites rebuked and warned
57-58 Regulations relating to personal and family privacy
59-60 Exception in case of aged women, blind, lame, and sick
61 Muslims commanded to salute one another
62-63 True believers exhorted to implicit obedience to the Apostle of God
64 The Omniscient God will judge all men [2]
The surah begins with various explanations and decrees on or relating to corrupt sexual acts, family law, and specifications on the giving of testimony. Foremost amongst these rulings is God's punishment for adultery. This section ends with the pronouncement that good men and women should be paired together, as should corrupt men and corrupt women.
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