Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow), ayah 178

  1. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى ۖ الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنْثَىٰ بِالْأُنْثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَاءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَانٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ اعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Translation by words

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
    O you
    ٱلَّذِينَ
    who
    ءَامَنُوا۟
    believe[d]!
    كُتِبَ
    Prescribed
    عَلَيْكُمُ
    for you
    ٱلْقِصَاصُ
    (is) the legal retribution
    فِى
    in
    ٱلْقَتْلَى
    (the matter of) the murdered,
    ٱلْحُرُّ
    the freeman
    بِٱلْحُرِّ
    for the freeman,
    وَٱلْعَبْدُ
    and the slave
    بِٱلْعَبْدِ
    for the slave,
    وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ
    and the female
    بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ
    for the female.
    فَمَنْ
    But whoever
    عُفِىَ
    is pardoned
    لَهُۥ
    [for it]
    مِنْ
    from
    أَخِيهِ
    his brother
    شَىْءٌ
    anything,
    فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ
    then follows up
    بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ
    with suitable
    وَأَدَآءٌ
    [and] payment
    إِلَيْهِ
    to him
    بِإِحْسَٰنٍ
    with kindness.
    ذَٰلِكَ
    That (is)
    تَخْفِيفٌ
    a concession
    مِّن
    from
    رَّبِّكُمْ
    your Lord
    وَرَحْمَةٌ
    and mercy.
    فَمَنِ
    Then whoever
    ٱعْتَدَىٰ
    transgresses
    بَعْدَ
    after
    ذَٰلِكَ
    that,
    فَلَهُۥ
    then for him
    عَذَابٌ
    (is) a punishment
    أَلِيمٌ
    painful.

    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 anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.

    2:178

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 2 Al-Baqarah (The Cow)