Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:45

5:45

وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَآ أَنَّ ٱلنَّفْسَ بِٱلنَّفْسِ وَٱلْعَيْنَ بِٱلْعَيْنِ وَٱلْأَنفَ بِٱلْأَنفِ وَٱلْأُذُنَ بِٱلْأُذُنِ وَٱلسِّنَّ بِٱلسِّنِّ وَٱلْجُرُوحَ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَن تَصَدَّقَ بِهِۦ فَهُوَ كَفَّارَةٌ لَّهُۥ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ

wakatabnā ʿalayhim fīhā anna l-nafsa bil-nafsi wal-ʿayna bil-ʿayni wal-anfa bil-anfi wal-udhuna bil-udhuni wal-sina bil-sini wal-jurūḥa qiṣāṣun faman taṣaddaqa bihi fahuwa kaffāratun lahu waman lam yaḥkum bimā anzala l-lahu fa-ulāika humu l-ẓālimūna

And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust].

— Saheeh International

In the Torah We prescribed for them a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, an equal wound for a wound: if anyone forgoes this out of charity, it will serve as atonement for his bad deeds. Those who do not judge according to what God has revealed are doing grave wrong.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And We ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But if anyone remits the retaliation by way of charity, it shall be for him an expiation. And whosoever does not judge by that which Allâh has revealed, such are the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers - of a lesser degree).

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

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وَكَتَبْنَاwakatabnāAnd We ordained
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
فِيهَآfīhāin it
أَنَّannathat
ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe life
بِٱلنَّفْسِbil-nafsifor the life
وَٱلْعَيْنَwal-ʿaynaand the eye
بِٱلْعَيْنِbil-ʿaynifor the eye
وَٱلْأَنفَwal-anfaand the nose
بِٱلْأَنفِbil-anfifor the nose
وَٱلْأُذُنَwal-udhunaand the ear
بِٱلْأُذُنِbil-udhunifor the ear
وَٱلسِّنَّwal-sinaand the tooth
بِٱلسِّنِّbil-sinifor the tooth
وَٱلْجُرُوحَwal-jurūḥaand (for) wounds
قِصَاصٌۭۚqiṣāṣun(is) retribution
فَمَنfamanBut whoever
تَصَدَّقَtaṣaddaqagives charity
بِهِۦbihiwith it
فَهُوَfahuwathen it is
كَفَّارَةٌۭkaffāratunan expiation
لَّهُۥۚlahufor him
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
لَّمْlam(does) not
يَحْكُمyaḥkumjudge
بِمَآbimāby what
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they]
ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers