Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 178
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِصَاصُ فِى ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ ٱلْحُرُّ بِٱلْحُرِّ وَٱلْعَبْدُ بِٱلْعَبْدِ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِىَ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَىْءٌ فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَآءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother [i.e., the killer] anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him [i.e., the deceased's heir or legal representative] with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.
Word by word
- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- كُتِبَkutibaPrescribed
- عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
- ٱلْقِصَاصُl-qiṣāṣu(is) the legal retribution
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖl-qatlā(the matter of) the murdered
- ٱلْحُرُّl-ḥuruthe freeman
- بِٱلْحُرِّbil-ḥurifor the freeman
- وَٱلْعَبْدُwal-ʿabduand the slave
- بِٱلْعَبْدِbil-ʿabdifor the slave
- وَٱلْأُنثَىٰwal-unthāand the female
- بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚbil-unthāfor the female
- فَمَنْfamanBut whoever
- عُفِىَʿufiyais pardoned
- لَهُۥlahu[for it]
- مِنْminfrom
- أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
- شَىْءٌۭshayonanything
- فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢfa-ittibāʿunthen follows up
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiwith suitable
- وَأَدَآءٌwa-adāon[and] payment
- إِلَيْهِilayhito him
- بِإِحْسَـٰنٍۢ ۗbi-iḥ'sāninwith kindness
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
- تَخْفِيفٌۭtakhfīfuna concession
- مِّنminfrom
- رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
- وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۗwaraḥmatunand mercy
- فَمَنِfamaniThen whoever
- ٱعْتَدَىٰiʿ'tadātransgresses
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
- عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
- أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful
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