The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء

Al Nisā’ (The Women)

ٱلنِّسَاء

4:92
4:92

wa-mā kāna li-muʾminin ʾan yaqtula muʾminan ʾillā khaṭaʾan wa-man qatala muʾminan khaṭaʾan fa-taḥrīru raqabatin muʾminatin wa-diyatun musallamatun ʾilā ʾahlihī ʾillā ʾan yaṣṣaddaqū fa-ʾin kāna min qawmin ʿaduwwin lakum wa-huwa muʾminun fa-taḥrīru raqabatin muʾminatin wa-ʾin kāna min qawmin baynakum wa-baynahum mīthāqun fa-diyatun musallamatun ʾilā ʾahlihī wa-taḥrīru raqabatin muʾminatin fa-man lam yajid fa-ṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni tawbatan mina llāhi wa-kāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman

A believer may not kill another believer, unless it is by mistake. Anyone who kills a believer by mistake should set free a believing slave, and pay blood-money to his family, unless they remit it in charity. If he belongs to a people that are hostile to you but is a believer, then a believing slave is to be set free. And if he belongs to a people with whom you have a treaty, the blood-money is to be paid to his family and a believing slave is to be set free. He who cannot afford [to pay the blood-money], must fast two successive months as a penance from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

Ali Quli Qarai