Surah Al-A'raaf: Verse 124 - لأقطعن أيديكم وأرجلكم من خلاف... - English
Tafsir of Verse 124, Surah Al-A'raaf
لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
English Translation
I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."English Transliteration
LaoqatiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafin thumma laosallibannakum ajmaAAeenaTafsir of Verse 124
I shall assuredly cut off alternately your hands and feet, then I shall crucify you all together.'
"Be sure I will cut off your hands and your feet on apposite sides, and I will cause you all to die on the cross."
After making all these strategic statements he threatened the sorcerers, first, with an indefinite remark saying, "Now you shall know (your end) ". Further specifying the threat, He said, لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُم مِّنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ ﴿124﴾ "I shall surely, cut your hands and legs from the opposite sides. Then I shall crucify you all together." By cutting from the opposite sides he meant the right hand and the left foot so that they are made completely disabled and invalid.
