وَٱسۡتَبَقَا
ٱلۡبَابَ
وَقَدَّتۡ
قَمِيصَهُۥ
مِن
دُبُرٖ
وَأَلۡفَيَا
سَيِّدَهَا
لَدَا
ٱلۡبَابِۚ
قَالَتۡ
مَا
جَزَآءُ
مَنۡ
أَرَادَ
بِأَهۡلِكَ
سُوٓءًا
إِلَّآ
أَن
يُسۡجَنَ
أَوۡ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٞ
٢٥
They raced for the door and she tore his shirt from the back, only to find her husband at the door. She cried, “What is the penalty for someone who tried to violate your wife, except imprisonment or a painful punishment?”
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوءًا
(What is the recompense (punishment) for him who intended an evil design against your wife...), in reference to illegal sexual intercourse,
إِلاَ أَن يُسْجَنَ
(except that he be put in prison)
أَوْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
(or a painful torment) tormented severely with
…مَا جَزَآءُ مَنْ أَرَادَ بِأَهْلِكَ سُوءًا
(What is the recompense (punishment) for him who intended an evil design against your wife...), in reference
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