وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا۟ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًۭا
And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality and is evil as a way.
Translation · Saheeh International
Tafsir
Ibn Kathīr (abridged)
The Command to avoid Zina (Unlawful Sex) and Everything that leads to it
Allah says, forbidding His servants to commit Zina or to approach it or to do anything that may lead to it:
وَلاَ تَقْرَبُواْ الزِّنَى إِنَّهُ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً
(And come not near to unlawful sex. Verily, it is a Fahishah (immoral sin)) meaning a major sin,
وَسَآءَ سَبِيلاً
(and an evil way.) meaning, a terrible way to behave. Imam Ahmad recorded Abu Umamah saying that a young man came to the Prophet and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Give me permission to commit Zina (unlawful sex)." The people surrounded him and rebuked him, saying, "Stop! Stop!" But the Prophet said,
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