© 2026 The Quran Says - Brought to you by Deen.
Business & Trade
Charity - Zakat
Clothing
Death
Drugs & Alcohol
Extramarital Relations
Fasting
Food
Gambling
Homosexual Relations
Invocations - Duas
Justice
Life Hereafter
Marriage
Occult Practices & Magic
Oneness of Allah
Pilgrimage
Plague
Prayers - Salah
Relationships & Rights
Repentance - Tawbah
Science
The Unseen
Virtues & Conduct
Women
وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةٗ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلٗا
Wa laa taqtulooo awlaadakum khashyata imlaaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa iyyaakum; inna qatlahum kaana khit 'an kabeeraa
Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils).
— Al-Isra' (ٱلْإِسْرَاء), 17:32
وَلَا تَقۡرَبُواْ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةٗ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلٗاTransliteration: Wa laa taqtulooo awlaadakum khashyata imlaaqin nahnu narzuquhum wa iyyaakum; inna qatlahum kaana khit 'an kabeeraa
Translation (Yusuf Ali): Nor come nigh to adultery: for it is a shameful (deed) and an evil, opening the road (to other evils).
This is verse 32 of Surah Al-Isra' (ٱلْإِسْرَاء, meaning "The Night Journey"), the 17th surah of the Quran. It is a Meccan surah with 111 total verses.
This verse is referenced in the following Quranic topics: Extramarital Relations.