Surah Al-A'raf 7:124 — translation and meaning

الأعراف · Verse 124 / 206 · Page 165

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Word by Word

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ
la-uqatti'anna
I will surely cut off
أَيْدِيَكُمْ
aydiyakum
your hands
وَأَرْجُلَكُم
wa-arjulakum
and your feet
مِّنْ
min
of
خِلَافٍ
khilafin
opposite (sides)
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ
la-usallibannakum
I will surely crucify you
أَجْمَعِينَ
ajma'ina
all

Transliteration

La uqatti'anna aidiyakum wa arjulakum min khilaafin summa la usallibannakum ajma'een

Translation

I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

'I will cut off the right hand and left foot or the left hand and right foot of each of you, and would then crucify you on palm trunks, making an example of you to frighten whoever sees you.'

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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