Joseph was kept from adultery not by his own control of lust but by God's protection, since God diverted sin from him as one of His devoted worshipers, an example of predestination.1, 2
The moral breakdown of sexual permissiveness produces unwanted children, irresponsible fathers, criminals, social misfits, and many sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS.1
According to 24:2, the punishment for adultery is a hundred symbolic lashes in public, whose aim is social pressure and scandalizing the criminal.1
Stoning married adulterers to death comes from Hadith and Sunna and is not God's law.1
The Quran sets the punishment for adultery at one hundred lashes for both the man and the woman, without regard to marital status, so the hadith ordering stoning contradicts it.1, 2
Violating God's laws brings misery, and the sexual moral breakdown of society costs people dearly through illicit pregnancies, abortions, neglected children, and disease.1, 2
God commands chastity, so our children should remain virgins until their wedding night and then stay loyal to their spouse without ever committing adultery.1, 2
Self control is the only way to perfect happiness, and disobeying God's sexual laws brings terrible consequences such as abortions and sexually transmitted diseases.1, 2
God's worshipers never call on any god besides God, never kill except in the course of justice since God made life sacred, and never commit adultery.1
Adultery is forbidden as a gross sin and an evil behavior.1
The Quran sets flogging as the punishment for adultery, and stoning, which is not in the Quran, should not be accepted.1, 2
The Quran does not advocate stoning adulterers to death, a rule God abrogated since the time of Jesus.1
Both believing men and women are told to subdue their eyes and maintain their chastity.1
The Quran places on both men and women the duty to subdue their eyes and maintain chastity, rather than requiring women to be veiled.1, 2
Adultery is forbidden as a gross sin and evil behavior.1
The righteous never worship any god beside God, never kill except in the course of justice because life is sacred, and never commit adultery; those who do face doubled retribution.1, 2
Satan attacks people through intoxicants, gambling, and illicit sex, and addiction takes away their ability to tell right from wrong and makes them slaves to lust.1, 2, 3
Sexual relationships outside marriage, promoted by Satan as freedom, lead to broken hearts and homes, orphaned children, disease, and loss of self control.1, 2
Gambling, drinking, and adultery are gross offenses in the sight of God.1, 2, 3
Casual sex, drinking, and chasing pleasure bring unnecessary hardship, and even casual sex can add up to the decline of an entire civilization.1, 2
In punishing adultery, public witnessing as social pressure is the basic punishment, and the lashes are symbolic, not severe.1, 2
Stoning to death for adultery does not exist in the Quran and comes from Hadith; the Quranic penalty for proven adultery is one hundred lashes.1, 2, 3
Believing men and women are commanded to subdue their eyes and keep their chastity, and men are to look upon women with modesty and respect.1, 2, 3
Submitters should have strong family ties built on lawful marriage as God commands, with procreation as a shared purpose and adultery strictly forbidden.1, 2
God treats adultery with great seriousness, classing it with idolatry and murder and doubling its retribution on the Day of Resurrection.1, 2
Killing children for fear of poverty and committing adultery are gross sins, and adultery is connected with abortion, which is often driven by fear of poverty.1, 2, 3
Believers keep their chastity, having relations only with their spouses, so children are to stay virgins until marriage and then stay loyal, never committing adultery, for their own happiness.1, 2, 3
Casual sex, though it seems insignificant, can add up to the decline of an entire civilization.1
Disobeying God through intoxicants, adultery, or other sins brings suffering as surely as touching fire burns, a punishment even more painful though less visible.1, 2
Murder, stealing, and adultery are obvious, serious, and destructive sins that believers should never pretend are permissible.1, 2