Surah Al-Ma'idah · Ayah 45

Meaning of Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 45

Wakatabna AAalayhim feeha annaannafsa binnafsi walAAayna bilAAayniwal-anfa bil-anfi walothuna bilothuniwassinna bissinni waljurooha qisasunfaman tasaddaqa bihi fahuwa kaffaratun lahu wamanlam yahkum bima anzala Allahu faola-ikahumu aththalimoon

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1. وَكَتَبْنَاwakatabnāAnd We ordained
2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimfor them
3. فِيهَآfīhāin it
4. أَنَّannathat
5. ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsathe life
6. بِٱلنَّفْسِbil-nafsifor the life
7. وَٱلْعَيْنَwal-ʿaynaand the eye
8. بِٱلْعَيْنِbil-ʿaynifor the eye
9. وَٱلْأَنفَwal-anfaand the nose
10. بِٱلْأَنفِbil-anfifor the nose
11. وَٱلْأُذُنَwal-udhunaand the ear
12. بِٱلْأُذُنِbil-udhunifor the ear
13. وَٱلسِّنَّwal-sinaand the tooth
14. بِٱلسِّنِّbil-sinifor the tooth
15. وَٱلْجُرُوحَwal-jurūḥaand (for) wounds
16. قِصَاصٌۭ ۚqiṣāṣun(is) retribution
17. فَمَنfamanBut whoever
18. تَصَدَّقَtaṣaddaqagives charity
19. بِهِۦbihiwith it
20. فَهُوَfahuwathen it is
21. كَفَّارَةٌۭkaffāratunan expiation
22. لَّهُۥ ۚlahufor him
23. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
24. لَّمْlam(does) not
25. يَحْكُمyaḥkumjudge
26. بِمَآbimāby what
27. أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
28. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
29. فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
30. هُمُhumu[they]
31. ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna(are) the wrongdoers