Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 33 (5:33)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن …

Quran 5:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 113 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:33
إِنَّمَاجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ٱلَّذِينَيُحَارِبُونَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥوَيَسْعَوْنَفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَسَادًاأَنيُقَتَّلُوٓا۟أَوْيُصَلَّبُوٓا۟أَوْتُقَطَّعَأَيْدِيهِمْوَأَرْجُلُهُممِّنْخِلَٰفٍأَوْيُنفَوْا۟مِنَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚذَٰلِكَلَهُمْخِزْىٌفِىٱلدُّنْيَا ۖوَلَهُمْفِىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِعَذَابٌعَظِيمٌ٣٣
innamā jazāu alladhīna yuḥāribūna l-laha warasūlahu wayasʿawna fī l-arḍi fasādan an yuqattalū aw yuṣallabū aw tuqaṭṭaʿa aydīhim wa-arjuluhum min khilāfin aw yunfaw mina l-arḍi dhālika lahum khiz'yun fī l-dun'yā walahum fī l-ākhirati ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun

Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war 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,(33)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. جَزَٰٓؤُا۟jazāu(the) recompense
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(for) those who
  4. يُحَارِبُونَyuḥāribūnawage war
  5. ٱللَّهَl-laha(against) Allah
  6. وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahuand His Messenger
  7. وَيَسْعَوْنَwayasʿawnaand strive
  8. فِىfīin
  9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  10. فَسَادًاfasādanspreading corruption
  11. أَنan(is) that
  12. يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟yuqattalūthey be killed
  13. أَوْawor
  14. يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟yuṣallabūthey be crucified
  15. أَوْawor
  16. تُقَطَّعَtuqaṭṭaʿabe cut off
  17. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
  18. وَأَرْجُلُهُمwa-arjuluhumand their feet
  19. مِّنْminof
  20. خِلَٰفٍkhilāfinopposite sides
  21. أَوْawor
  22. يُنفَوْا۟yunfawthey be exiled
  23. مِنَminafrom
  24. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe land
  25. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  26. لَهُمْlahum(is) for them
  27. خِزْىٌkhiz'yundisgrace
  28. فِىfīin
  29. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yāthe world
  30. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
  31. فِىfīin
  32. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  33. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  34. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

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