Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary * - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (33) Surah: Al-Isrā’
وَلَا تَقۡتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظۡلُومٗا فَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا فَلَا يُسۡرِف فِّي ٱلۡقَتۡلِۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورٗا
(33) [3566]Do not ˹neither˺ kill the soul that Allah forbade, except with a right to it; whoever is unjustly killed, We have made for his agent[3567] an authority so let him not go to excess in killing[3568]; he will surely be made to prevail![3569]
[3566] As much as honour is safeguarded, the sanctity of life is guarded too, unless the society, through its legal representatives, has a right to it (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī): “Whoever kills a person – unless for killing another or spreading corruption in the land – it shall be as if he killed all people and whoever saves a life then it is as if he gave life to all people” (5: 32).
[3567] Waliyy is a person’s closest blood relative who has the greatest right to inherit from him (cf. al-Saʿdī).
[3568] Society is to be preserved against falling into chaos through indiscriminate killing and vengeful retaliation.
[3569] That is by law and by God Almighty’s help and support (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).
[3567] Waliyy is a person’s closest blood relative who has the greatest right to inherit from him (cf. al-Saʿdī).
[3568] Society is to be preserved against falling into chaos through indiscriminate killing and vengeful retaliation.
[3569] That is by law and by God Almighty’s help and support (cf. Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:
Translation of the meanings Ayah: (33) Surah: Al-Isrā’
Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - Translations’ Index
Translation of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an into English - in progress - translated by Dr. Walid Bleihesh Al-Omari.