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Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 179

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وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Walakum fee alqi sas i h ay a tun y a olee alalb a bi laAAallakum tattaqoon a

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!¹⁵¹

- Mohammad Asad

O men of understanding! There is security of life for you in the law of retaliation, so that you may learn self-restraint.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

There is 'security of' life for you in 'the law of' retaliation, O people of reason, so that you may become mindful 'of Allah'.

- Mustafa Khattab

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

- Marmaduke Pickthall

In the law of equality there is (saving of) life to you O ye men of understanding! that ye may restrain yourselves.

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali