Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:179

2:179

وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

walakum fī l-qiṣāṣi ḥayatun yāulī l-albābi laʿallakum tattaqūna

And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.

— Saheeh International

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,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And there is (a saving of) life for you in Al-Qisâs (the Law of Equality in punishment), O men of understanding, that you may become Al-Muttaqûn (the pious - See V.2: 2).

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

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Word by Word

وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you
فِىfīin
ٱلْقِصَاصِl-qiṣāṣithe legal retribution
حَيَوٰةٌۭḥayatun(is) life
يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO men
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumSo that you may
تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna(become) righteous