Quran Quote  : 

Quran-5:33 Surah Al-maidah English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

Transliteration:( Innamaa jazaaa'ul lazeena yuhaariboonal laaha wa Rasoolahoo wa yas'awna fil ardi fasaadan ai yuqattalooo aw yusallabooo aw tuqatta'a aideehim wa arjuluhum min khilaafin aw yunfaw minalard; zaalika lahum khizyun fid dunyaa wa lahum fil Aakhirati 'azaabun 'azeem )

33. Indeed, the only retribution for those who fight against Allah and His Messenger (113), and strive upon the earth (to cause) mischief is none but that they be killed or crucified, or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides, or that they be exiled from the land (114). This is for them a disgrace in the world, and in the Hereafter for them is severe punishment.

Surah Al-Maidah Ayat 33 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

 113. Reason for its revelation: When the people from the tribe of Uriena came to Madinatul Munawwarah to accept Islam, they became sick. The Holy Prophet ordered them to drink the milk and urine of the camels given in charity. On doing this they all became well but they became so reviled that they ran away with fifteen camels.

The Holy Prophet sent Hazrat Yassaar (May Allah be pleased with him) after them. These wretches however martyred Hazrat Yassaar (May Allah be pleased with him) after cutting off his hands and feet. Later these people were arrested and brought back. This verse was revealed on this occasion.

 From this incident two issues emerge:

114.There are three types of thieves (dacoits) and as such the punishment too is of three types: 

1. He who obstructs or blocks the road.

 2. He who blocks the way and seizes the wealth.

3. He who kills to seize the goods. The punishment for the three are the following:

1. Banishment

2. Cut off hands and feet.

3. Execution.

 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 33 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Maidah ayat 32 which provides the complete commentary from verse 32 through 34.

(5:33) Those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and go about the earth spreading mischief[55] -indeed their recompense is that they either be done to death, or be crucified, or have their hands and feet cut off from the opposite sides or be banished from the land.[56] Such shall be their degradation in this world; and a mighty chastisement lies in store for them in the World to Come

55. The ‘land’ signifies either the country or territory wherein the responsibility of establishing law and order has been undertaken by an Islamic state. The expression to wage war against Allah and His Messenger’ denotes war against the righteous order established by the Islamic state. It is God’s purpose, and it is for this very purpose that God sent His Messengers, that a righteous order of life be established on earth; an order that would provide peace and security to everything found on earth; an order under whose benign shadow humanity would be able to attain its perfection; an order under which the resources of the earth would be exploited in a manner conducive to man’s progress and prosperity rather than to his ruin and destruction. If anyone tried to disrupt such an order, whether on a limited scale by committing murder and destruction and robbery and brigandry or on a large scale by attempting to overthrow that order and establish some unrighteous order instead, he would in fact be guilty of waging war against God and His Messenger. All this is not unlike the situation where someone tries to overthrow the established government in a country. Such a person will be convicted of ‘waging war against the state’ even though his actual action may have been directed against an ordinary policeman in some remote part of the country, and irrespective of how remote the sovereign himself is from him.

56. These penalties are mentioned here in brief merely to serve as guidelines to either judges or rulers so they may punish each criminal in accordance with the nature of his crime. The real purpose is to indicate that for any of those who live in the Islamic realm to attempt to overthrow the Islamic order is the worst kind of crime, for which any of the highly severe punishments may be imposed.

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