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Surah Al-A'raf, Ayah 81 (7:81)

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إِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ مُّسْرِفُونَ

Quran 7:81 is ayah 81 of Surah Al-A'raf (“The Heights”), a Meccan surah of 206 ayahs. It is in Juz 8, on page 160 of the Madani Mushaf.

7:81
إِنَّكُمْلَتَأْتُونَٱلرِّجَالَشَهْوَةًمِّندُونِٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚبَلْأَنتُمْقَوْمٌمُّسْرِفُونَ٨١
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."(81)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّكُمْinnakumIndeed, you
  2. لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnayou approach
  3. ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
  4. شَهْوَةًshahwatanlustfully
  5. مِّنminfrom
  6. دُونِdūniinstead of
  7. ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāithe women
  8. بَلْbalNay
  9. أَنتُمْantumyou
  10. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  11. مُّسْرِفُونَmus'rifūna(who) commit excesses

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