Quran 7:124 — Al-A'raaf, verse 124
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I will cut off your alternate hands and feet and then crucify you all!’
لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
la-uqaṭṭiʿanna aydiyakum wa-arjulakum min khilāfin thumma la-uṣallibannakum ajmaʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.'
- Muhammad Asad
- most certainly shall I cut off your hands and your feet in great numbers, because of [your] perverseness, and then I shall most certainly crucify you, in great numbers, all together! "
- Sahih International
- I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَأُقَطِّعَنَّla-uqaṭṭiʿanna | I will surely cut off | قطع |
| 2 | أَيْدِيَكُمْaydiyakum | your hands | يدي |
| 3 | وَأَرْجُلَكُمwa-arjulakum | and your feet | رجل |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 5 | خِلَـٰفٍۢkhilāfin | opposite (sides) | خلف |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 7 | لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْla-uṣallibannakum | I will surely crucify you | صلب |
| 8 | أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna | all | جمع |