Al-Ma'idah 5:38 والسارق والسارقة فاقطعوا ايديهما جزاء بما كسبا نكالا من الله والله عزيز حكيم ٣٨
وَٱلسَّارِقُ
وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ
فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ
أَيۡدِيَهُمَا
جَزَآءَۢ
بِمَا
كَسَبَا
نَكَٰلٗا
مِّنَ
ٱللَّهِۗ
وَٱللَّهُ
عَزِيزٌ
حَكِيمٞ
٣٨
As for male and female thieves, cut off their hands for what they have done—a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.1
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
[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
Lexo Tefsirin
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Necessity of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Allah commands and decrees that the hand of the thief, male or female be cut off. During the time of Jahiliyyah, this was also the punishment for the thief, and Islam upheld this punishment. In Islam, there are several conditions that must be met bef
…The Necessity of Cutting off the Hand of the Thief
Allah commands and decrees that the hand of the thief, male or female be cut off. During the time of
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