16 Preface وَاللَّذانِ يَأتِيانِها مِنكُم فَآذوهُما ۖ فَإِن تابا وَأَصلَحا فَأَعرِضوا عَنهُما ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ تَوّابًا رَحيمًاAli Quli QaraiShould two among you commit it,1 chastise them both; but if they repent and reform, let them alone. Indeed Allah is all-clement, all-merciful. That is, fornication (or sodomy, according to some exegetes).