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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 33of 120

إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ﴿٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
جَزَٰٓؤُا۟jazāu(the) recompense
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(for) those who
يُحَارِبُونَyuḥāribūnawage war
ٱللَّهَl-laha(against) Allah
وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
وَيَسْعَوْنَwayasʿawnaand strive
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَسَادًاfasādanspreading corruption
أَنan(is) that
يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟yuqattalūthey be killed
أَوْawor
يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟yuṣallabūthey be crucified
أَوْawor
تُقَطَّعَtuqaṭṭaʿabe cut off
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
وَأَرْجُلُهُمwa-arjuluhumand their feet
مِّنْminof
خِلَـٰفٍkhilāfinopposite sides
أَوْawor
يُنفَوْا۟yunfawthey be exiled
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe land
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
لَهُمْlahum(is) for them
خِزْىٌۭkhiz'yundisgrace
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yāthe world
وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
فِىin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Human Beings Should Respect the Sanctity of Other Human BeingsAllah says, because the son of Adam killed his brother in transgression and aggression,كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِى إِسْرَءِيلَ(We ordained for the Children of Israel...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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