Surah Al-A'raf 7:81 — translation and meaning
الأعراف · Verse 81 / 206 · Page 160
ۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ النِّسَاءِ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ
Word by Word
ۚ
إِنَّكُمْ
innakum
Indeed, you
لَتَأْتُونَ
latatuna
you approach
الرِّجَالَ
al-rijala
the men
شَهْوَةً
shahwatan
lustfully
مِّن
min
from
دُونِ
duni
instead of
النِّسَاءِ
al-nisai
the women
بَلْ
bal
Nay
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
قَوْمٌ
qawmun
(are) a people
مُّسْرِفُونَ
mus'rifuna
(who) commit excesses
Transliteration
Innakum lataatoonar rijaala shahwatam min doonin nisaaa'; bal antumqawmum musrifoon
Translation
Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
'Do you go to men to satisfy your lust instead of women, who you were supposed to go to?! Then in that case you have not followed sense or any sound report or even what is natural! Rather you have gone beyond the limits of Allah, overstepping the bounds of moderation, good sense and the natural nobility of humankind.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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