Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 178

Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 178

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanookutiba AAalaykumu alqisasu fee alqatla alhurrubilhurri walAAabdu bilAAabdi walonthabilontha faman AAufiya lahu min akheehi shay-on fattibaAAunbilmaAAroofi waadaon ilayhi bi-ihsaninthalika takhfeefun min rabbikum warahmatun famaniiAAtada baAAda thalika falahu AAathabunaleem

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1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
4. كُتِبَkutibaPrescribed
5. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumufor you
6. ٱلْقِصَاصُl-qiṣāṣu(is) the legal retribution
7. فِىfīin
8. ٱلْقَتْلَى ۖl-qatlā(the matter of) the murdered
9. ٱلْحُرُّl-ḥuruthe freeman
10. بِٱلْحُرِّbil-ḥurifor the freeman
11. وَٱلْعَبْدُwal-ʿabduand the slave
12. بِٱلْعَبْدِbil-ʿabdifor the slave
13. وَٱلْأُنثَىٰwal-unthāand the female
14. بِٱلْأُنثَىٰ ۚbil-unthāfor the female
15. فَمَنْfamanBut whoever
16. عُفِىَʿufiyais pardoned
17. لَهُۥlahu[for it]
18. مِنْminfrom
19. أَخِيهِakhīhihis brother
20. شَىْءٌۭshayonanything
21. فَٱتِّبَاعٌۢfa-ittibāʿunthen follows up
22. بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfiwith suitable
23. وَأَدَآءٌwa-adāon[and] payment
24. إِلَيْهِilayhito him
25. بِإِحْسَـٰنٍۢ ۗbi-iḥ'sāninwith kindness
26. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat (is)
27. تَخْفِيفٌۭtakhfīfuna concession
28. مِّنminfrom
29. رَّبِّكُمْrabbikumyour Lord
30. وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۗwaraḥmatunand mercy
31. فَمَنِfamaniThen whoever
32. ٱعْتَدَىٰiʿ'tadātransgresses
33. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
34. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
35. فَلَهُۥfalahuthen for him
36. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
37. أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful