Yu'raful mujrimoona biseemaahum fa'yu'khazu binna waasi wal aqdaam
Word By Word:
Yu'rafu: Will be known
al mujrimoona: the criminals
biseemaahum: by their marks
fa'yu'khazu: and will be seized
binna waasi: by the forelocks
wal aqdaam: and the feet.
Translation:
(For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.
Ayah Tafseer:
The criminals will be known by their marks, i.e., by special marks that distinguish them.
Al-Hasan and Qatadah said,"They will be known by their dark faces and their blue eyes."
I say that this contrasts to the marks that will distinguish the believers, such as the light that will appear on the parts of the body that they used to wash while performing ablution.
Allah said, "and they will be seized by their foreheads and feet."- meaning, the angels of punishment will bend their heads down to their feet and throw them like this into the Hellfire.
Al-A'mash said that Ibn Abbas said, "He will be taken by his forehead and his feet and be broken just as a stick is broken to be thrown into an oven."
Source: Yusuf Ali Translations and Ibn Kathir Tafseer
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