Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 38
وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَـٰلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ
[As for] the thief, the male and the female, amputate their hands in recompense for what they earned [i.e., committed] as a deterrent [punishment] from Allāh. And Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:38
Word by word
- وَٱلسَّارِقُwal-sāriquAnd (for) the male thief
- وَٱلسَّارِقَةُwal-sāriqatuand the female thief
- فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟fa-iq'ṭaʿū[then] cut off
- أَيْدِيَهُمَاaydiyahumātheir hands
- جَزَآءًۢjazāan(as) a recompense
- بِمَاbimāfor what
- كَسَبَاkasabāthey earned
- نَكَـٰلًۭاnakālan(as) an exemplary (punishment)
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
- حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise
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