The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
al-Mā’idah (The Table)
ٱلْمَائِدَة
5:45
وَكَتَبْنَا
عَلَيْهِمْ
فِيهَا
أَنَّ
النَّفْسَ
بِالنَّفْسِ
وَالْعَيْنَ
بِالْعَيْنِ
وَالْأَنفَ
بِالْأَنفِ
وَالْأُذُنَ
بِالْأُذُنِ
وَالسِّنَّ
بِالسِّنِّ
وَالْجُرُوحَ
قِصَاصٌ
فَمَن
تَصَدَّقَ
بِهِ
فَهُوَ
كَفَّارَةٌ
لَّهُ
وَمَن
لَّمْ
يَحْكُم
بِمَا
أَنزَلَ
اللَّهُ
فَأُولَئِكَ
هُمُ
الظَّالِمُونَ
wa-katabnā ʿalayhim fīhā ʾanna n-nafsa bi-n-nafsi wa-l-ʿayna bi-l-ʿayni wa-l-ʾanfa bi-l-ʾanfi wa-l-ʾudhuna bi-l-ʾudhuni wa-s-sinna bi-s-sinni wa-l-jurūḥa qiṣāṣun fa-man taṣaddaqa bihī fa-huwa kaffāratun lahū wa-man lam yaḥkum bi-mā ʾanzala llāhu fa-ʾulāʾika humu ẓ-ẓālimūna
In the Torah We made mandatory for the Jews these rules of retaliation: Capital punishment for the murder of a person; an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and a just compensation for a wound. If the perpetrator is forgiven by the affected party, this will be an expiation of his crime. Those who do not judge according to what God has revealed are unjust.
