The Holy Quran 5:45 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

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

Translation

We commanded them (the Bani Israa'eel) in it (the Torah), "A life (of the murderer will be taken) for a life (of the one murdered), an eye (of the attacker will be blinded) for an eye (of the one whom he blinded), (similarly) a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth and Qisaas (just retaliation will be enforced) for (other types of) wounds (when the same wound can be inflicted. These laws apply in our Shari'ah as well). Whoever acts charitably (by forgiving the attacker and waiving the Qisaas), it will be expiation for him (it will be a means for his sins to be forgiven). Whoever does not judge by what Allaah has revealed, then they surely are oppressors (transgressors).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The ruling of qisas (equal retaliation) in the Torah: this ruling of qisas was in the shariah of Musa. Many scholars of usul (principles of jurisprudence) have explicitly stated that the laws of earlier shariahs which the Noble Quran or our Prophet ﷺ has related — provided that the Prophet ﷺ has nowhere rejected or modified them — will be accepted as…

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