The Night Journey
17. Al-Isrā’
الإسراء
al-Isrā’ (The Night Journey)
ٱلْإِسْرَاء
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
Do not kill a respectable soul without a just cause. If anyone is wrongfully killed, we have given the heirs of that person the right (to demand satisfaction or to forgive). He must not exceed the law in having vengeance; his victim shall also be assisted (by law).
