i'm confused about this verse?

وَاللاَّتِي يَأْتِينَ الْفَاحِشَةَ مِن نِّسَآئِكُمْ فَاسْتَشْهِدُواْ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَرْبَعةً مِّنكُمْ

فَإِن شَهِدُواْ فَأَمْسِكُوهُنَّ فِي الْبُيُوتِ حَتَّىَ يَتَوَفَّاهُنَّ الْمَوْتُ أَوْ يَجْعَلَ اللّهُ لَهُنَّ سَبِيلاً﴿4:15﴾

(4:15) As for those of your women who are guilty of immoral conduct, call upon four from amongst you to bear witness against them. And if four men do bear witness, confine those women to their houses until either death takes them away or Allah opens some way for them.

وَاللَّذَانَ يَأْتِيَانِهَا مِنكُمْ فَآذُوهُمَا فَإِن تَابَا وَأَصْلَحَا فَأَعْرِضُواْ عَنْهُمَا إِنَّ اللّهَ كَانَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا﴿4:16﴾

(4:16) Punish both of those among you who are guilty of this sin, then if they repent and mend their ways, leave them alone. For Allah is always ready to accept repentance. He is All-Compassionate. *26

*26. In these two verses (15-16) the first, preliminary directives for the punishment for unlawful sexual intercourse are stated. The first verse deals with women. The punishment laid down was to confine them until further directives were revealed. The second verse (i.e. 16) relates to both sexes. The injunction lays down that they should be punished - that is, they should be beaten and publicly reproached. Later, another injunction was revealed (see Surah al-Nur 24: 2) which laid down that both the male and female should be given a hundred lashes. These injunctions are necessarily of a preliminary nature since the people of Arabia were neither used to obeying the orders of any established government, the verdicts of any courts of law nor to following any legal code; it would therefore have been unwise to try to force acceptance of a penal code upon them so soon after the establishment of the Islamic state. In due course, the punishments for unlawful sexual intercourse, for slanderous accusations of unchastity against women, and for theft were laid down in their definitive form and served as the basis of that detailed penal code which was enforced by the Prophet (peace be on him) and the Rightly-Guided Caliphs.

The apparent difference between the contents of the two verses led al-Suddi to the misconceived belief that the first verse lays down the punishment for married women, and the second that for unmarried men and women. This is a tenuous explanation unsupported by any serious evidence and argument. Even less convincing is the opinion expressed by Abu Muslim al-Isfahani that the first verse relates to lesbian relations between females, and the second to homosexual relations between males. It is strange that al-Isfahani ignored the basic fact that the Qur'an seeks merely to chart a broad code of law and morality and hence deals only with fundamental questions. It is inconsistent with the majestic style of the Qur'an to discuss secondary details which have been left to people to decide through the exercise of their legal judgement. It is for this reason that when the problem of fixing a punishment for sodomy came up for consideration after the time of the Prophet (peace be on him), none of the Companions thought that the above-mentioned verse contained any relevant injunction.

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Mourning the night of the dead, when I begin to wail

With my tearful lamentations, weave many a tale.

Remembering my home and friends, I cry so much

That the way of travelling, everyone will assail.

My home is with my friends, not in a strange land

O God, back to my friends, show and pave my trail.

Only with God's grace, my companion on the path

I shall raise my flag at the Tavern of the Grail.

When will ever the youth take advice of the old?

Once again, young idols, ardently I love and hail.

My sole companion is the breeze & Northern Wind

Save the breeze, everyone, in befriending me shall fail.

The hope of my friend's home is my water of life

Let the scent of Shiraz upon the breeze set sail.

My tears rolled & displayed my faults upon my face

My slanderer is at home, I complain to what avail?

I heard Venus at dawn, while drawing open the veil

Enslaved to Hafiz's voice and sweet songs in detail.

نـماز شام غریبان چو گریه آغازم

بـه مویه‌های غریبانـه قصـه پردازم

بـه یاد یار و دیار آن چنان بـگریم زار

کـه از جهان ره و رسم سـفر براندازم

مـن از دیار حبیبم نـه از بـلاد غریب

مـهیمـنا بـه ر��یقان خود رسان بازم

خدای را مددی ای رفیق ره تا مـن

بـه کوی میکده دیگر عـلـم برافرازم

خرد ز پیری مـن کی حـساب برگیرد

کـه باز با صنمی طفل عشق می‌بازم

بـجز صبا و شمالم نمی‌شناسد کس

عزیز مـن که بجز باد نیست دمـسازم

هوای مـنزل یار آب زندگانی ماسـت

صـبا بیار نـسیمی ز خاک شیرازم

سرشکم آمد و عیبم بگفت روی به روی

شـکایت از که کنم خانگیست غمازم

ز چنگ زهره شنیدم که صبحدم می‌گفت

غـلام حافـظ خوش لهجه خوش آوازم

Do not be confused dearVerse 4:15 is about both kinds of zina (adultery for unmarried male/female and fornication for married male and female) which should be witnessed by 4 men.But in the Qur'an the punishment for zina of pre marital (adultery) is only 100 lashes but the punishment for married male and female by thrawing with stones until died.Its punishment for fornication is harder.

to whatever reading material did you get that, don't be confused, honey. Jesus Christ said in Matthew 5:28, "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

lustful looks is already an adultery; whatmore if it's already a pre marital sex???

for your further cross reference, take the time to read the Penalties for Breaking the Law (Leviticus 20:10-21) or follow this link:

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=leviti...

have a Godly day! =)

Dear,

Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahhi Wabarakatuh.

Insya-Allah, I shall try to explain. These Sura 4, Al-Nisa Verses 15-22 are about the decencies of family life should be enforced, women should be held in honour and their rights recognized, in marriage, property, and inheritance; and this principle of goodness should be extended to all beings, great and small.

4:15. Sura ''Al-Nisa" (Women) Verse 15.

In the Name of ALLAH, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

If any of your women

Are guilty of lewdness,

Take the evidence of four

(Reliable) witnesses from amongst you

Against them; and if they testify,

Confine them to houses until

Death do claim them

Or God ordain for them

some (other) way.

"Sodakallahhulazeem"

Most commentators understand this to refer to adultery or fornication; in that case they consider that the punishment was altered to 100 stripes.

(Unmarried couple normally the punishment is 100 stripes each)

To protect the honour of women, stricter evidence is required. The evidence of four instead of the usual two witnesses. It is the same for adultery.

Normally for married couple the puunishment is stone to death. (a married woman and a married man)

Wabillahhitaufiq Walhidayah Wassalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahhi Wabarakatuh.

4:75] Why should you not fight in the cause of GOD when weak men, women, and children are imploring: "Our Lord, deliver us from this community whose people are oppressive, and be You our Lord and Master."

4:76] Those who believe are fighting for the cause of GOD, while those who disbelieve are fighting for the cause of tyranny. Therefore, you shall fight the devil's allies; the devil's power is nil.

It is about adultery, and pre-marital sex is a type of adultery......

All of it is Haram

yes it was a general law if any one accused od adultry ,the accuser need to bring four witnesses who really saw it all.............otherwise the accuser will be wipped .

this case was including husband accusing wife ,tell allah revielled a special law between husband and wife............which comes in later verses ...the man swears that he saw wife in a dultry possition ,but punishment exempted if wife swears five that she never did.............this acually a breifing .............there are more details

Probably both. I have no idea. It's hard to read.

The Quran needs an NIV type translation.

Sorry but there are other verses also... which one are u talking about?

I can't understand the writing..it's in another language.