Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:38

5:38

وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءًۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَـٰلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

wal-sāriqu wal-sāriqatu fa-iq'ṭaʿū aydiyahumā jazāan bimā kasabā nakālan mina l-lahi wal-lahu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

[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.

— Saheeh International

Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are man or woman, as punishment for what they have done- a deterrent from God: God is almighty and wise.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (as for) the male thief and the female thief, cut off (from the wrist joint) their (right) hands as a recompense for that which they committed, a punishment by way of example from Allâh. And Allâh is All-Powerful, All-Wise.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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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
ٱللَّهِۗl-lahiAllah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
حَكِيمٌۭḥakīmunAll-Wise