The Holy Quran 2:179 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Translation

For you, in Qisaas is (great) life, O people of intelligence, so that you have Taqwa (so that you may fear the punishment for murder and abstain from it and so that you enforce the law of Qisaas).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

In qisas there is life: that is, although at first sight the ruling of qisas (retaliation) may seem harsh, people of intelligence can understand that this ruling is the cause of great life, because out of fear of qisas everyone will refrain from killing anyone, and so the lives of both will be preserved; and because of qisas the communities of both the…

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