Surah Yusuf 12:74 — translation and meaning

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قَالُوا فَمَا جَزَاؤُهُ إِن كُنتُمْ كَاذِبِينَ

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They said
فَمَا
fama
Then what
جَزَاؤُهُ
jazauhu
(will be the) recompense (of) it
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you are
كَاذِبِينَ
kadhibina
liars

Transliteration

Qaaloo famaa jazaaa'u hooo in kuntum kaazibeen

Translation

The accusers said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"

Verse interpretation (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.

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

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