Surah Al Baqara Ayat 178
The Heifer · English translation · Edition God
O you who believe! Retaliation for the murdered is ordained upon you: the free for the free, the slave for the slave, the female for the female. But if he is forgiven by his kin, then grant any reasonable demand, and pay with good will. This is a concession from your Lord, and a mercy. But whoever commits aggression after that, a painful torment awaits him.
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Surah Al Baqara Ayat 176
That is because God has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord.
Surah Al Baqara Ayat 177
Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, and the prophets. Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and fulfill their promise when they promise, and patiently persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and in the time of conflict. These are the sincere; these are the pious.
Surah Al Baqara Ayat 179
There is life for you in retaliation, O people of understanding, so that you may refrain.
Surah Al Baqara Ayat 180
It is decreed for you: when death approaches one of you, and he leaves wealth, to make a testament in favor of the parents and the relatives, fairly and correctly—a duty upon the righteous.
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This is ayat 178 of Surah Al Baqara (The Heifer), surah 2 of the Quran. This surah contains 286 ayats. The English translation is by Talal Itani, ClearQuran, Edition God.
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