Surah Ar-Rahman, Ayah 41 (55:41)

ٱلرَّحْمَٰن

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ

Quran 55:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Ar-Rahman (“The Beneficent”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 532 of the Madani Mushaf.

55:41
يُعْرَفُٱلْمُجْرِمُونَبِسِيمَٰهُمْفَيُؤْخَذُبِٱلنَّوَٰصِىوَٱلْأَقْدَامِ٤١
yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdāmi

The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.(41)

Word by word

  1. يُعْرَفُyuʿ'rafuWill be known
  2. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَl-muj'rimūnathe criminals
  3. بِسِيمَٰهُمْbisīmāhumby their marks
  4. فَيُؤْخَذُfayu'khadhuand will be seized
  5. بِٱلنَّوَٰصِىbil-nawāṣīby the forelocks
  6. وَٱلْأَقْدَامِwal-aqdāmiand the feet

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