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Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 179

وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.

Al-Baqarah · 2:179

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  1. وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you
  2. فِىfīin
  3. ٱلْقِصَاصِl-qiṣāṣithe legal retribution
  4. حَيَوٰةٌۭḥayatun(is) life
  5. يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO men
  6. ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding
  7. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumSo that you may
  8. تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna(become) righteous

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