Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 45
وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَآ أَنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ بِٱلنَّفْسِ وَٱلْعَيْنَ بِٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱلْأَنفَ بِٱلْأَنفِ وَٱلْأُذُنَ بِٱلْأُذُنِ وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].
Word by word
- وَكَتَبْنَاwakatabnāAnd We ordained
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
- فِيهَآfīhāin it
- أَنَّannathat
- ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe life
- بِٱلنَّفْسِbil-nafsifor the life
- وَٱلْعَيْنَwal-ʿaynaand the eye
- بِٱلْعَيْنِbil-ʿaynifor the eye
- وَٱلْأَنفَwal-anfaand the nose
- بِٱلْأَنفِbil-anfifor the nose
- وَٱلْأُذُنَwal-udhunaand the ear
- بِٱلْأُذُنِbil-udhunifor the ear
- وَٱلسِّنَّwal-sinaand the tooth
- بِٱلسِّنِّbil-sinifor the tooth
- وَٱلْجُرُوحَwal-jurūḥaand (for) wounds
- قِصَاصٌۭ ۚqiṣāṣun(is) retribution
- فَمَنfamanBut whoever
- تَصَدَّقَtaṣaddaqagives charity
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- فَهُوَfahuwathen it is
- كَفَّارَةٌۭkaffāratunan expiation
- لَّهُۥ ۚlahufor him
- وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
- لَّمْlam(does) not
- يَحْكُمyaḥkumjudge
- بِمَآbimāby what
- أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
- هُمُhumu[they]
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers
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