Quran 55:41 — Ar-Rahmaan, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The guilty will be known by their mark and will be seized by their foreheads and their feet.
يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ
yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdāmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The sinners shall be known by their mark, and they shall be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
- Muhammad Asad
- All who were lost in sin shall by their marks be known, and shall by their forelocks and their feet be seized!
- Sahih International
- The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُعْرَفُyuʿ'rafu | Will be known | عرف |
| 2 | ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūna | the criminals | جرم |
| 3 | بِسِيمَـٰهُمْbisīmāhum | by their marks | سوم |
| 4 | فَيُؤْخَذُfayu'khadhu | and will be seized | أخذ |
| 5 | بِٱلنَّوَٰصِىbil-nawāṣī | by the forelocks | نصي |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَقْدَامِwal-aqdāmi | and the feet | قدم |