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Tafsir of Al-Baqarah 2:178

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:178

ﱹ ﱺ ﱻ ﱼ ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ ﲁ ﲂ ﲃ ﲄ ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ ﲈ ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ ﲑ ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ ﲗ ﲘ ﲙ ﲚ ﲛ ﲜ ﲝ ﲞ ﲟ ﲠ ﲡ

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 anything, then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him 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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(O ye who believe! Retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the murdered…) [2:178]. Said al-Sha‘bi: “Fighting took place between two Arab tribes. One tribe had more power than the other and, therefore, they said: ‘For every slave of ours that you kill, we will kill a free man of yours, and for every woman of ours a man of yours’. And then this verse was revealed”.