Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread), ayah 32

  1. مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ

    Translation by words

    مِنْ
    From
    أَجْلِ
    time
    ذَٰلِكَ
    that,
    كَتَبْنَا
    We ordained
    عَلَىٰ
    on
    بَنِىٓ
    (the) Children
    إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
    (of) Israel
    أَنَّهُۥ
    that he
    مَن
    who
    قَتَلَ
    kills
    نَفْسًۢا
    a soul
    بِغَيْرِ
    other than
    نَفْسٍ
    (for) a soul
    أَوْ
    or
    فَسَادٍ
    (for) spreading corruption
    فِى
    in
    ٱلْأَرْضِ
    the earth
    فَكَأَنَّمَا
    then (it) is as if
    قَتَلَ
    he has killed
    ٱلنَّاسَ
    mankind,
    جَمِيعًا
    all,
    وَمَنْ
    and whoever
    أَحْيَاهَا
    saves it
    فَكَأَنَّمَآ
    then (it) is as if
    أَحْيَا
    he has saved
    ٱلنَّاسَ
    mankind.
    جَمِيعًا
    all.
    وَلَقَدْ
    And surely
    جَآءَتْهُمْ
    came to them
    رُسُلُنَا
    Our Messengers
    بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ
    with clear Signs
    ثُمَّ
    yet,
    إِنَّ
    indeed,
    كَثِيرًا
    many
    مِّنْهُم
    of them
    بَعْدَ
    after
    ذَٰلِكَ
    that
    فِى
    in
    ٱلْأَرْضِ
    the earth
    لَمُسْرِفُونَ
    (are) surely those who commit excesses.

    Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption (done) in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, (even) after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

    5:32

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 5 Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)