Quran 5:33 — Al-Maaida, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who wage war against God and His Messenger and strive to spread corruption in the land should be punished by death, crucifixion, the amputation of an alternate hand and foot, or banishment from the land: a disgrace for them in this world, and then a terrible punishment in the Hereafter,
إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ أَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
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
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- This is the recompense of those who fight against God and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth, to do corruption there: they shall be slaughtered, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall alternately be struck off; or they shall be banished from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement,
- Muhammad Asad
- It is but a just recompense for those who make war on God and His apostle, and endeavour to spread corruption on earth, that they are being slain in great' numbers, or crucified in great numbers, or have, in l' result of their perverseness, their hands and feet cut off in great numbers, or are being [entirely] banished from [the face of] the earth: such is their ignominy in this world. But in the life to come [yet more] awesome suffering awaits them-
- Sahih International
- 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,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | جَزَٰٓؤُا۟jazāu | (the) recompense | جزي |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (for) those who | — |
| 4 | يُحَارِبُونَyuḥāribūna | wage war | حرب |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (against) Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَرَسُولَهُۥwarasūlahu | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 7 | وَيَسْعَوْنَwayasʿawna | and strive | سعي |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | فَسَادًاfasādan | spreading corruption | فسد |
| 11 | أَنan | (is) that | — |
| 12 | يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟yuqattalū | they be killed | قتل |
| 13 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 14 | يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟yuṣallabū | they be crucified | صلب |
| 15 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 16 | تُقَطَّعَtuqaṭṭaʿa | be cut off | قطع |
| 17 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands | يدي |
| 18 | وَأَرْجُلُهُمwa-arjuluhum | and their feet | رجل |
| 19 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 20 | خِلَـٰفٍkhilāfin | opposite sides | خلف |
| 21 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 22 | يُنفَوْا۟yunfaw | they be exiled | نفي |
| 23 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 24 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 25 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 26 | لَهُمْlahum | (is) for them | — |
| 27 | خِزْىٌۭkhiz'yun | disgrace | خزي |
| 28 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 29 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 30 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 31 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 32 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati | the Hereafter | أخر |
| 33 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 34 | عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |