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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 178

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يا ايها الذين امنوا كتب عليكم القصاص في القتلى الحر بالحر والعبد بالعبد والانثى بالانثى فمن عفي له من اخيه شيء فاتباع بالمعروف واداء اليه باحسان ذلك تخفيف من ربكم ورحمة فمن اعتدى بعد ذلك فله عذاب اليم

O ye who believe! The law of equality Is prescribed to you In cases of murder: The free for the free, The slave for the slave, The woman for the woman. But if any remission Is made by the brother Of the slain, then grant Any reasonable demand, And compensate him With handsome gratitude. This is a concession And a Mercy From your Lord. After this whoever Exceeds the limits Shall be in grave penalty.

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  • Verse 178 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 27

Word by word

  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاO youyāayyuhā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَwhoalladhīna
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟believe[d]āmanū
  4. كُتِبَPrescribedkutiba
  5. عَلَيْكُمُfor youʿalaykumu
  6. ٱلْقِصَاصُ(is) the legal retributionl-qiṣāṣu
  7. فِىinfī
  8. ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ(the matter of) the murderedl-qatlā
  9. ٱلْحُرُّthe freemanl-ḥuru
  10. بِٱلْحُرِّfor the freemanbil-ḥuri
  11. وَٱلْعَبْدُand the slavewal-ʿabdu
  12. بِٱلْعَبْدِfor the slavebil-ʿabdi
  13. وَٱلْأُنثَىٰand the femalewal-unthā
  14. بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚfor the femalebil-unthā
  15. فَمَنْBut whoeverfaman
  16. عُفِىَis pardonedʿufiya
  17. لَهُۥ[for it]lahu
  18. مِنْfrommin
  19. أَخِيهِhis brotherakhīhi
  20. شَىْءٌۭanythingshayon
  21. فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢthen follows upfa-ittibāʿun
  22. بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِwith suitablebil-maʿrūfi
  23. وَأَدَآءٌ[and] paymentwa-adāon
  24. إِلَيْهِto himilayhi
  25. بِإِحْسَـٰنٍۢ ۗwith kindnessbi-iḥ'sānin
  26. ذَٰلِكَThat (is)dhālika
  27. تَخْفِيفٌۭa concessiontakhfīfun
  28. مِّنfrommin
  29. رَّبِّكُمْyour Lordrabbikum
  30. وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۗand mercywaraḥmatun
  31. فَمَنِThen whoeverfamani
  32. ٱعْتَدَىٰtransgressesiʿ'tadā
  33. بَعْدَafterbaʿda
  34. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  35. فَلَهُۥthen for himfalahu
  36. عَذَابٌ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  37. أَلِيمٌۭpainfulalīmun

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