The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
Page #285
17:33
وَلَا
تَقْتُلُوا
النَّفْسَ
الَّتِي
حَرَّمَ
اللَّهُ
إِلَّا
بِالْحَقِّ
وَمَن
قُتِلَ
مَظْلُومًا
فَقَدْ
جَعَلْنَا
لِوَلِيِّهِ
سُلْطَانًا
فَلَا
يُسْرِف
فِّي
الْقَتْلِ
إِنَّهُ
كَانَ
مَنصُورًا
wa-lā taqtulū n-nafsa llatī ḥarrama llāhu ʾillā bi-l-ḥaqqi wa-man qutila maẓlūman fa-qad jaʿalnā li-waliyyihī sulṭānan fa-lā yusrif fī l-qatli ʾinnahū kāna manṣūran
Nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive): but let him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law).
— Abdullah Yusufali
Do not kill a soul [whose life] Allah has made inviolable, except with due cause, and whoever is killed wrongfully, We have certainly given his heir an authority. But let him not commit any excess in killing [the murderer], for he has been assisted [by law].
