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quran:12:74

The accusers said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"  

They, the crier and his men, said, ‘So, what shall be his requital, that is, the thief’s, if you prove to have been liars?’, when you said, ‘we are certainly not thieves’, and ˹if˺ it is found among your belongings?
القرآن:١٢:٧٤

قَالُوا فَمَا جَزَاؤُهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ كَاذِبِينَ  

{قالوا} أي المؤذن وأصحابه {فما جزاؤه} أي السارق {إن كنتم كاذبين} في قولكم ما كنا سارقين ووجد فيكم.