al-Baqarah 2:179

AYAH al-Baqarah 2:179	2:180 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 2:178
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُون
Transliteration		Walakum fee alqisasi hayatun ya olee al-albabi laAAallakum tattaqoona
Transliteration-2		walakum fī l-qiṣāṣi ḥayatun yāulī l-albābi laʿallakum tattaqūn
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		And for you in the legal retribution (is) life, O men (of) understanding! So that you may (become) righteous.

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		for, in [the law of] just retribution, O you who are endowed with insight, there is life for you, so that you might remain conscious of God
M. M. Pickthall		And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding, that ye may ward off (evil)
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		In the Law of Equality there is (saving of) Life to you, o ye men of understanding; that ye may restrain yourselves
Shakir		And there is life for you in (the law of) retaliation, O men of understanding, that you may guard yourselves
Wahiduddin Khan		In [this law of] retribution there is life for you, O people of understanding, so that perhaps you will be mindful of God
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		And for you in reciprocation there is the saving of life, O those imbued with intuition, so that perhaps you will be Godfearing.
T.B.Irving		You will find [security for] life in [such] compensation, 0 prudent persons, that you may do your duty!
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		There is ˹security of˺ life for you in ˹the law of˺ retaliation, O people of reason, so that you may become mindful ˹of Allah˺.
Safi Kaskas		You who have understanding, there is life for you [by practicing] just retribution, so that you may continue to be mindful of God.
Abdul Hye		And there is (a saving of) life for you in retribution, O people of understanding, so that you may become pious.
The Study Quran		In retribution there is life for you, O possessors of intellect, that haply you may be reverent
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		And through equivalent execution in warfare, you will be protecting life, O people of understanding, that you may be righteous
Abdel Haleem		Fair retribution saves life for you, people of understanding, so that you may guard yourselves against what is wrong. When death approaches one of you who leaves wealth
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		And for you in retaliation is life men of insight! that haply ye may fear God
Ahmed Ali		In retribution there is life (and preservation). O men of sense, you may haply take heed for yourselves
Aisha Bewley		There is life for you in retaliation, people of intelligence, so that hopefully you will have taqwa.
Ali Ünal		There is life for you in retaliation, (if you understand,) O people of discernment, so it may be that you (will perceive it and fulfill God’s command and in so doing) attain the desired piety and righteousness and deserve His protection
Ali Quli Qara'i		There is life for you in retribution, O you who possess intellects! Maybe you will be Godwary
Hamid S. Aziz		In retaliation (or the law of Equivalence) there is life for you, O you possessors of understanding! That you may ward of evil
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		And in retaliation there is life for you, O (men) endowed with intellects, that possibly you would be pious
Muhammad Sarwar		People of understanding, the law of the death penalty as retaliation grants you life so that perhaps you will have fear of God
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		There is life for you in QiSaS, O people of wisdom, so that you may refrain (from killing)
Shabbir Ahmed		And there is life for you in the Law of Just Recompense, O People of understanding, that you may journey through life in security! (Hence, Qisaas is a deterring safeguard for the community and not revenge)
Syed Vickar Ahamed		And in the Law of Equality there is (saving of) life to you, (and less bloodshed among you), O you men of understanding; That you may restrain yourselves
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous
Farook Malik		O men of understanding! There is security of life for you in the law of retaliation, so that you may learn self-restraint.
Dr. Munir Munshey		Oh people endowed with (knowledge and) insight! (The principle of) ´Qisas´ embodies (the gift of) life for you! Perhaps, you would adopt piety
Dr. Kamal Omar		And in (the law of) Al-Qisas (is enshrined) protection to life, O you men of understanding, perchance you may learn to control emotions and restrain (yourselves)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		There is life for you in retaliation, O people of understanding, so that you may refrain
Maududi		There is security of life for you in the law of retribution. It is expected that you will refrain from breaking this law
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		People of understanding, there is (saving of) life for you in the fair retaliation, so that you may control yourselves
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		In the Law of Equality, there is good for you, O you people of understanding, that you may restrain yourselves
Musharraf Hussain		The people of understanding will appreciate that in the law of retribution there is a means for preservinglife, so you’re stopped from being unfair
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		And through equivalence you will be protecting life, O you who possess intelligence, that you may be righteous.
Mohammad Shafi		And for you, O people endowed with insight, there is life in the capital punishment; maybe, you take heed!

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		The intellectuals should realize that the above mentioned divine law guarantees the sanctity of life [and not the abolition of the capital punishment and/or the State’s intervention]; therefore, submit yourself to this law of your Lord
Faridul Haque		And there is life for you in retribution, O men of understanding, so that you may avoid
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		O owners of minds, for you in retaliation is life, in order that you be cautious
Maulana Muhammad Ali		And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding, that you may guard yourselves
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		And for you in the revenge (is) life/growth , you (owners) of the pure minds/hearts, maybe you fear and obey (God)
Sher Ali		And there is life for you in the law of retaliation, O men of understanding, that you may enjoy security
Rashad Khalifa		Equivalence is a life saving law for you, O you who possess intelligence, that you may be righteous.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		And there is life for you in retaliating for blood, O men of understanding! So that you may save yourselves.
Amatul Rahman Omar		O people of pure and clear wisdom! your very life lies in (the law of) equitable retaliation, (you have been so commanded) so that you may enjoy security
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		And there is a (guarantee of) life for you in retribution (i.e., vengeance of murder), O wise people, so that you may guard (against bloodshed and destruction)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		And there is (a saving of) life for you in Al-Qisas (the Law of Equality in punishment), O men of understanding, that you may become Al-Muttaqoon (the pious - see V.2:2)

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		In retaliation there is life for you, men possessed of minds; haply you will be godfearing
Edward Henry Palmer		For you in retaliation is there life, O ye possessors of minds! it may be ye will fear
George Sale		And in this law of retaliation ye have life, O ye of understanding, that peradventure ye may fear
John Medows Rodwell		But in this law of retaliation is your security for life, O men of understanding! to the intent that ye may fear God
N J Dawood (2014)		In retaliation you have a safeguard for your lives ― you that are of good sense possessed; perchance you will fear God

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		In the law of equality, life is saved, O people of understanding, so you may restrain yourselves.
Ahmed Hulusi		There is for you, life in retribution. The intelligent ones who contemplate... So that you may be protected.
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli		And in (the law of) retaliation there is (saving of) life for you, O' people of understanding, so that you may guard yourselves (against evil)
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		O you people of understanding, you have a bond in the law of retaliation with restraining force putting a check on wilful murder, redressing grievances, and conferring on you protection and security, that you may hopefully lift to Allah your inward sight and entertain the profound reverence dutiful to Him
Mir Aneesuddin		And in (the law of) retaliation there is life for you, O you who understand, that you may restrain (from killing or harming uninvolved innocent people).

AYAH al-Baqarah 2:179

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