Al-BaqarahAyah 179 of 286· Page 27· Juz 2

وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌۭ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

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

Al-Baqarah 2:179

The Islamic laws of retribution

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وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you
Noun
فِىin
Particle
ٱلْقِصَاصِl-qiṣāṣithe legal retribution
Nounقصص
حَيَوٰةٌۭḥayatun(is) life
Nounحيي
يَـٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO men
Noun
ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding
Nounلبب
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumSo that you may
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تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna(become) righteous
Verbوقي
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Lifeالحياة
Pietyالتقوى
Piousالمتقين
through legal channels (with the option to forgive)