a whip of moderate quality between the two, so he ordered that he be lashed with a punishment between the two [punishments]." "And let a party of the believers witness their punishment," meaning their lashing. It is said: (L 231) A party constitutes one man or more.
بِسَوْطٍ بَيْنَ السَّوْطَيْنِ فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَجُلِدَ [جَلْدًا بَيْنَ الْجَلْدَيْنِ] ". ﴿وَلْيَشْهَدْ غذابهما﴾ أَيْ: جَلْدَهُمْا ﴿طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ يُقَال: (ل ٢٣١) الطَّائِفَة رجل فَصَاعِدا.
