What is the punishment for adultery?

Question:
What is the punishment for adultery? If adultery is a term confined to married people then the additional question is what is punishment for unmarried people?

Response:
The word used to describe the crime of extra-marital sex in the Qur'an is zina, which includes both fornication and adultery. The Islamic punishment for both, according to the Qur'an, is a hundred lashes to be inflicted in public.

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