Arabic Textالبقرة
وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٞ يَـٰٓأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ
English TranslationSaheeh International
And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous
Transliteration
Walakum fee alqisasi hayatun ya olee alalbabi laAAallakum tattaqoona
Tafsir Al-Jalalayn Explanation
In retaliation there is life for you, that is great longevity, O people of pith, possessors of intellect, because if the would-be killer knew that he would be killed [in retaliation], he would refrain [from such action] and would have thereby given life to himself and to the one whom he had intended to kill; and so it [retaliation] was stipulated by the Law, so that you might fear killing, fearing retaliation.