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Verse (2:179) - English Translation

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Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 179th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

 

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)

Sahih International: And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.

Pickthall: And there is life for you in retaliation, O men of understanding, that ye may ward off (evil).

Yusuf Ali: 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.

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.

Mohsin Khan: 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-Muttaqun (the pious - see V.2:2).

Arberry: In retaliation there is life for you, men possessed of minds; haply you will be godfearing.

See Also

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