Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
But [as for the wife, all] chastisement shall be averted from her by her calling God four times to witness that he is indeed telling a lie
Arthur John Arberry
It shall avert from her the chastisement if she testify by God four times that he is of the liars
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
But it would avert the punishment from the wife, if she bears witness four times (with an oath) By Allah, that (her husband) is telling a lie
Arabic
وَیَدۡرَؤُا۟ عَنۡهَا ٱلۡعَذَابَ أَن تَشۡهَدَ أَرۡبَعَ شَهَـٰدَ ٰتِۭ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰذِبِینَ ٨
Transliteration (2021)
wayadra-u ʿanhā l-ʿadhāba an tashhada arbaʿa shahādātin bil-lahi innahu lamina l-kādhibīn