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وَلَكُمْ فِى الْقِصَاصِ حَيٰوةٌ يّٰٓاُولِى الْاَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُوْنَ   ( البقرة: ١٧٩ )

walakum
وَلَكُمْ
And for you
فِى
in
l-qiṣāṣi
ٱلْقِصَاصِ
the legal retribution
ḥayatun
حَيَوٰةٌ
(is) life
yāulī
يَٰٓأُو۟لِى
O men
l-albābi
ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ
(of) understanding!
laʿallakum
لَعَلَّكُمْ
So that you may
tattaqūna
تَتَّقُونَ
(become) righteous

Wa lakum fil qisaasi hayaatuny yaaa ulil albaabi la 'allakum tattaqoon (al-Baq̈arah 2:179)

Sahih International:

And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous. (Al-Baqarah [2] : 179)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

There is life for you in QiSāS, O people of wisdom, so that you may refrain (from killing).