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Surah Al-Ma'idah — 5:33

إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَـٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

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

Allah ve Peygamberiyle savaşanların ve yeryüzünde bozgunculuğa uğraşanların cezası öldürülmek veya asılmak yahut çapraz olarak el ve ayakları kesilmek ya da yerlerinden sürülmektir. Bu onlara dünyada bir rezilliktir. Onlara ahirette büyük azab vardır.

The recompense for those who wage war against God and his Messenger and rush about the earth spreading corruption is that they be killed, or crucified, or have their hands and feet cut off on opposite sides, or be banished from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and in the hereafter a great punishment awaits them,

Reflection

The verb for waging war against God is used here and nowhere else, and the tradition took it as an expression for armed assault on people and the roads they travel, treating the matter under brigandage rather than belief. Whether the four penalties listed are a graded scale matched to what was actually done, or a choice left to the authority, is disputed among the schools and the wording does not settle it. Disgrace in this world is named as part of what is imposed.

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