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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 179

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ولكم في القصاص حياة يا اولي الالباب لعلكم تتقون

In the Law of Equality There is (saving of) Life To you, O ye men of understanding; That ye may Restrain yourselves.

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  • Verse 179 of 286
  • Juz 2
  • Page 27

Word by word

  1. وَلَكُمْAnd for youwalakum
  2. فِىinfī
  3. ٱلْقِصَاصِthe legal retributionl-qiṣāṣi
  4. حَيَوٰةٌۭ(is) lifeḥayatun
  5. يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىO menyāulī
  6. ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ(of) understandingl-albābi
  7. لَعَلَّكُمْSo that you maylaʿallakum
  8. تَتَّقُونَ(become) righteoustattaqūna

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