Which Surah and Juz is Quran 24:8 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Noor (The Light), the 24th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 18.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 24:8?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah.

What tafsir is available for Quran 24:8?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 24:8 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Truthfulness, Justice, Qisas (Retribution).

Ayah 7

وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن...

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Q: What does Quran 24:8 mean?

Quran 24:8 (Surah An-Noor, Ayah 8) translates to: "But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars."

Ayah 9

وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةَ أَنَّ غَضَبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهَآ إِن ...

وَيَدْرَؤُا۟ عَنْهَا ٱلْعَذَابَ أَن تَشْهَدَ أَرْبَعَ شَهَٰدَٰتٍۭ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

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But it will prevent punishment from her if she gives four testimonies [swearing] by Allah that indeed, he is of the liars.

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10 ayahs in An-Noor are strongly about justice and honesty.

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And the punishment namely the prescribed legal punishment for fornication that is established upon his testimony shall be averted from her if she testify swearing by God four times that he is indeed lying in accusing her of having fornicated;

A man of Bakr ibn Layth came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and made confession four times that he had committed fornication with a woman, so he had a hundred lashes administered to him. The man had not been married. He then asked him to produce proof against the woman, and she said: I swear by Allah, Messenger of Allah, that he has lied. Then he was given the punishment of eighty lashes of falsehood.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #3478It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas:Sahih

"When the Prophet commanded the two who were engaging in Li'an to utter the fifth oath, he commanded a man to place his hand over his mouth, and he said: "It will inevitably bring the punishment upon the liar.""

Sunan Ibn Majah #2100It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shuaib from his father that his grandfather said:Sahih

“The Testimony of a man or woman who is treacherous, or of one who has been subjected to one of the Haad punishments of Islam, or of one who bears a grudge against his brother, is not permissible.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #429Umm Habibah the wife of the Prophet (S) narrated that:Sahih

She heard Allah's Messenger (S) saying: "Whoever maintains four Rak'ah before Az-Zuhr and four after it, Allah makes him prohibited for the Fire."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2366Aishah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:Hasan

The testimony of a treacherous man is not acceptable nor a treacherous woman nor a man lashed for the Hadd nor a woman lashed nor one possessing malice of enmity nor a rehearsed witness nor the Qani of (one contracted by)the family on their behalf nor the one associating himself to other than his Wala or to other than his relatives."