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Al-Baqarah 2:178

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْقِصَاصُ فِى ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ ٱلْحُرُّ بِٱلْحُرِّ وَٱلْعَبْدُ بِٱلْعَبْدِ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚ فَمَنْ عُفِىَ لَهُۥ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَىْءٌ فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَآءٌ إِلَيْهِ بِإِحْسَـٰنٍ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ ۗ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother [i.e., the killer] anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him [i.e., the deceased's heir or legal representative] with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment.

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يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا yāayyuhā O you
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna who
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū believe[d]
كُتِبَ kutiba Prescribed
عَلَيْكُمُ ʿalaykumu for you
ٱلْقِصَاصُ l-qiṣāṣu (is) the legal retribution
فِى fī in
ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖ l-qatlā (the matter of) the murdered
ٱلْحُرُّ l-ḥuru the freeman
بِٱلْحُرِّ bil-ḥuri for the freeman
وَٱلْعَبْدُ wal-ʿabdu and the slave
بِٱلْعَبْدِ bil-ʿabdi for the slave
وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ wal-unthā and the female
بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚ bil-unthā for the female
فَمَنْ faman But whoever
عُفِىَ ʿufiya is pardoned
لَهُۥ lahu [for it]
مِنْ min from
أَخِيهِ akhīhi his brother
شَىْءٌۭ shayon anything
فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢ fa-ittibāʿun then follows up
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ bil-maʿrūfi with suitable
وَأَدَآءٌ wa-adāon [and] payment
إِلَيْهِ ilayhi to him
بِإِحْسَـٰنٍۢ ۗ bi-iḥ'sānin with kindness
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That (is)
تَخْفِيفٌۭ takhfīfun a concession
مِّن min from
رَّبِّكُمْ rabbikum your Lord
وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۗ waraḥmatun and mercy
فَمَنِ famani Then whoever
ٱعْتَدَىٰ iʿ'tadā transgresses
بَعْدَ baʿda after
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika that
فَلَهُۥ falahu then for him
عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun (is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭ alīmun painful