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The Arabic word “ziná”, here translated as “adultery”,
signifies both fornication and adultery. It applies not only to
sexual relations between a married person and someone who
is not his or her spouse, but also to extramarital sexual
intercourse in general. One form of “ziná” is rape. The only
penalty prescribed by Bahá’u’lláh is for those who commit
fornication (see note 77); penalties for other kinds of sexual
offence are left to the Universal House of Justice to
determine.
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