Al-Baqara 2:179
The Cow · ayah 179 of 286
وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌۭ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
Walakum fee alqisasi hayatunya olee al-albabi laAAallakum tattaqoon
"And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"Fair retribution saves life for you, people of understanding, so that you may guard yourselves against what is wrong. When death approaches one of you who leaves wealth,"
Pickthall (classic)+
"And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding, that ye may ward off (evil)."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"In the Law of Equality there is (saving of) Life to you, o ye men of understanding; that ye may restrain yourselves."