Quran 7:81 — Al-A'raaf, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You lust after men rather than women! You transgress all bounds!’
إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِنْ دُونِ النِّسَاءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُسْرِفُونَ
innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun mus'rifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- See, you approach men lustfully instead of women; no, you are a people that do exceed.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, with lust you approach men instead of women: nay, but you are people given to excesses!"
- Sahih International
- Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّكُمْinnakum | Indeed, you | — |
| 2 | لَتَأْتُونَlatatūna | you approach | أتي |
| 3 | ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijāla | the men | رجل |
| 4 | شَهْوَةًۭshahwatan | lustfully | شهو |
| 5 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 6 | دُونِdūni | instead of | دون |
| 7 | ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāi | the women | نسو |
| 8 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 9 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 10 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | (are) a people | قوم |
| 11 | مُّسْرِفُونَmus'rifūna | (who) commit excesses | سرف |