Using the holy phrase /’ayatin bayyinat/ (clear signs) may...

Using the holy phrase /’ayatin bayyinat/ (clear signs) may point to some facts about monotheism, origin, resurrection, and prophecy, which are presented in it. This phrase is for the clause /faradna/ (We enjoined) which points to the ordinances and commandments which are stated in this verse. In other words, one refers to ‘beliefs’ and the other one refers to ‘religious ordinances’.

Another possibility is that the purpose of /’ayatin bayyinat/ (clear signs) is some reasons that are mentioned for the obligatory commandments that are presented in this Sura. The sentence /la‘allakum taǒakkarun/ (‘...so that you might remember.’) again illustrates this fact in minds that all beliefs and doctrines and all practical programs of Islam are rooted in the very innate disposition of humans. Thus, their explanation is a kind of admonition and remembrance.

In this holy verse, there are three signs that indicate the magnificence of Sura An Nur: A) The word ‘Surah’ that is in the beginning, is the sign of greatness. B) The Arabic nunnation of the word ‘Surah’ is for greatness. C) The Qur’anic word /’anzalna/ (We have sent down) has been mentioned twice in due verse.

And let a party of the Believers witness their punishment.” According to the conditions of persons, there are different judgments of fornication. In this verse, only one of its cases is referred to, the case that if a celibate man or woman commits fornication, each of them will be flogged with one hundred stripes. But if a person who has spouse and commits adultery, the punishment is stoning to death.

If someone who has spouse, but he or she can not reach him or her (for example the spouse is behind bars), and commits fornication, the judgment of stoning to death is changed to stripes.