Surah Al-A'raf (الأعراف) • The Heights

Quran 7:81

7:81

إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun mus'rifūna

Indeed, you approach men with desire, instead of women. Rather, you are a transgressing people."

— Saheeh International

You lust after men rather than women! You transgress all bounds!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Verily, you practise your lusts on men instead of women. Nay, but you are a people transgressing beyond bounds (by committing great sins)."

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

Juz 8Page 160meccan

Word by Word

إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnayou approach
ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
شَهْوَةًۭshahwatanlustfully
مِّنminfrom
دُونِdūniinstead of
ٱلنِّسَآءِۚl-nisāithe women
بَلْbalNay
أَنتُمْantumyou
قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
مُّسْرِفُونَmus'rifūna(who) commit excesses