قَالُوا۟ فَمَا جَزَٰٓؤُهُۥٓ إِن كُنتُمْ كَـٰذِبِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- They [the accusers] said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- (அதற்கு) அவர்கள், "நீங்கள் பொய்யர்களாக இருந்தால், அதற்குரிய தண்டனை என்ன?" என்று கேட்டார்கள்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ‘එසේ නුඹලා බොරුකාරයින් වී නම් නුඹලාගේ ප්රතිවිපාකය කුමක් විය යුතු දැ?’ යි ඔවුහු විමසුවෝ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- انہوں نے کہا اچھا چور کی کیا سزا ہے اگر تم جھوٹے ہو؟
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれらは言った。「あなたがたが嘘つきであったら，その（盗みの）処罰は何としようか。」
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他们说：偷窃者应受什么处分呢？如果你们是说谎的人。
Tafsir of 12:74
تَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَرِقِينَ (By Allah! Indeed you know that we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!) `Ever since you knew us, you, due to our good conduct, became certain that, مَّا جِئْنَا لِنُفْسِدَ فِى الاٌّرْضِ وَمَا كُنَّا سَرِقِينَ (we came not to make mischief in the land, and we are no thieves!) They said, `Theft is not in our character, as you came to know.' Yusuf's men said, فَمَا جَزَآؤُهُ `(What then shall be the penalty of him), in reference to the thief, if it came out that he is one of you,' إِن كُنتُمْ كَذِبِينَ (if you are (proved to be) liars) They asked them, `What should be the thief's punishment if he is one of you' قَالُواْ جَزؤُهُ مَن وُجِدَ فِى رَحْلِهِ فَهُوَ جَزَاؤُهُ كَذَلِكَ نَجْزِى الظَّلِمِينَ (They said: "His penalty should be that he, in whose bag it is found, should be held for the punishment. Thus we punish the wrongdoers!") This was the law of Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, that the thief be given as a slave to the victim of theft.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
