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Al-Ma'idah 33

Ayah 33 of 120 · Medinan

إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسۡعَوۡنَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓاْ أَوۡ يُصَلَّبُوٓاْ أَوۡ تُقَطَّعَ أَيۡدِيهِمۡ وَأَرۡجُلُهُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٍ أَوۡ يُنفَوۡاْ مِنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمۡ خِزۡيٞ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَلَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ ٣٣

Indeed, the penalty1 for those who wage war2 against Allāh 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,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Legal retribution.

2 i.e., commit acts of violence and terrorism against individuals or treason and aggression against the Islāmic state.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. جَزَٰٓؤُاْ(the) recompensejazāu
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ(for) those whoalladhīna
  4. يُحَارِبُونَwage waryuḥāribūna
  5. ٱللَّهَ(against) Allahl-laha
  6. وَرَسُولَهُۥand His Messengerwarasūlahu
  7. وَيَسۡعَوۡنَand strivewayasʿawna
  8. فِيinfī
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  10. فَسَادًاspreading corruptionfasādan
  11. أَن(is) thatan
  12. يُقَتَّلُوٓاْthey be killedyuqattalū
  13. أَوۡoraw
  14. يُصَلَّبُوٓاْthey be crucifiedyuṣallabū
  15. أَوۡoraw
  16. تُقَطَّعَbe cut offtuqaṭṭaʿa
  17. أَيۡدِيهِمۡtheir handsaydīhim
  18. وَأَرۡجُلُهُمand their feetwa-arjuluhum
  19. مِّنۡofmin
  20. خِلَٰفٍopposite sideskhilāfin
  21. أَوۡoraw
  22. يُنفَوۡاْthey be exiledyunfaw
  23. مِنَfrommina
  24. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚthe landl-arḍi
  25. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  26. لَهُمۡ(is) for themlahum
  27. خِزۡيٞdisgracekhiz'yun
  28. فِيinfī
  29. ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖthe worldl-dun'yā
  30. وَلَهُمۡand for themwalahum
  31. فِيinfī
  32. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِthe Hereafterl-ākhirati
  33. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  34. عَظِيمٌgreatʿaẓīmun

Tafsir

The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and who challenge them by spreading corruption on earth though killing, looting and creating fear on the roads, is that they be killed, or crucified, or that they have their alternate hands and feet cut off, and if the offence is repeated the left hands and right feet are to be cut off, or they are to be exiled. Such punishment is a disgrace for them in the world; and in the Afterlife, they will receive a great punishment –

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran