قَالُواْ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمۡ كَٰذِبِينَ ٧٤
They [the accusers] said, "Then what would be its recompense1 if you should be liars?"
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 The punishment for theft.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- قَالُواْThey saidqālū
- فَمَاThen whatfamā
- جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ(will be the) recompense (of) itjazāuhu
- إِنifin
- كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
- كَٰذِبِينَliarskādhibīna
Tafsir
The caller and his companions asked what the punishment for theft among them was, in case they should be proved to be liars in their claim that they were innocent of the theft.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran