یَـأَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا کُتِبَ عَلَیْکُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِى الْقَتْلَى الْحُرُّ بالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالاُْنْثَى بالأُنْثَى فَمَنْ عُفِىَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِیهِ شَىْءٌ فَاتِّبَاعٌ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَأَدَآءٌ إِلَیْهِ بِإِحْسَـن ذَلِکَ تَخْفِیفٌ مِّن رَّبِّکُمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى بَعْدَ ذَلِکَ فَلَهُ عَذَابٌ أَلِیمٌ(( 178 )) 178- O, YOU WHO BELIEVE! RETALIATION IS PRESCRIBED FOR YOU IN CASES OF MURDER, FREE MAN FOR FREEMAN, SLAVE FOR SLAVE, FEMALE FOR FEMALE, BUT IF ANY REMISSION IS MADE TO ANY ONE BY HIS (AGGREIVED) BROTHER (THE RETALIATION BEING REDUCED TO BLOOD MONEY) LET THE PURSUING BE HONOURABLE, AND LET THE PAYMENT BE IN KINDLINESS. THIS IS AN ALLEVIATION FROM YOUR LORD AND A MERCY. THEN WHOEVER EXCEEDS THE LIMITS AFTER THAT, FOR HIM IS A PAINFUL CHASTISEMENT. وَلَکُمْ فِى الْقِصَاصِ حَیَوةٌ یَـأُوْلِى الاَْلْبَـبِ لَعَلَّکُمْ تَتَّقُونَ(( 179 )) 179- AND IN RETALIATION THERE IS LIFE FOR YOU, O, YOU MEN OF UNDERSTANDING, THAT YOU MIGHT AVOID EVIL