The Holy Quran 29:29 — Surah Al-'Ankabut

Arabic text

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِى نَادِيكُمُ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَ

Translation

"Do you approach men (for sexual pleasure instead of women), waylay the highways (to rob travellers) and (without shame, you even) perpetrate evil in your gatherings (in public)?" (Acknowledging that they were guilty of these evils), The only reply (answer) that his people could give was to say, "Bring Allaah's punishment to us if you are from among the truthful (if your threat of punishment is true)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

by “highway robbery”, banditry may be meant, which must also have been widespread among them; or else by this very depravity they cut off the road for travellers, so that out of fear they would not pass that way. Or the meaning of تَقْطَعُوْنَ السَّبِيْلَ (“you cut off the way”)

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