Surah Al-Isra (الإسراء) • The Night Journey

Quran 17:33

17:33

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا۟ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًا

walā taqtulū l-nafsa allatī ḥarrama l-lahu illā bil-ḥaqi waman qutila maẓlūman faqad jaʿalnā liwaliyyihi sul'ṭānan falā yus'rif fī l-qatli innahu kāna manṣūran

And do not kill the soul [i.e., person] which Allāh has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].

— Saheeh International

Do not take life, which God has made sacred, except by right: if anyone is killed wrongfully, We have given authority to the defender of his rights, but he should not be excessive in taking life, for he is already aided [by God].

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And do not kill anyone whose killing Allâh has forbidden, except for a just cause. And whoever is killed wrongfully (Mazlûman intentionally with hostility and oppression and not by mistake), We have given his heir the authority [to demand Qisâs, - Law of Equality in punishment - or to forgive, or to take Diyah (blood money)]. But let him not exceed limits in the matter of taking life (i.e he should not kill except the killer). Verily, he is helped (by the Islâmic law).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulūkill
ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe soul
ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
حَرَّمَḥarramaAllah has forbidden
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah has forbidden
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِٱلْحَقِّۗbil-ḥaqiby right
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
قُتِلَqutila(is) killed
مَظْلُومًۭاmaẓlūmanwrongfully
فَقَدْfaqadverily
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
لِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihifor his heir
سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānanan authority
فَلَاfalābut not
يُسْرِفyus'rifhe should exceed
فِّىfīin
ٱلْقَتْلِۖl-qatlithe killing
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
كَانَkānais
مَنصُورًۭاmanṣūranhelped