يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا O you yāayyuhā who alladhīna believe[d] āmanū Prescribed kutiba for you ʿalaykumu (is) the legal retribution l-qiṣāṣu in fī (the matter of) the murdered l-qatlā the freeman l-ḥuru for the freeman bil-ḥuri and the slave wal-ʿabdu for the slave bil-ʿabdi and the female wal-unthā for the female bil-unthā But whoever faman is pardoned ʿufiya [for it] lahu from min his brother akhīhi anything shayon then follows up fa-ittibāʿun with suitable bil-maʿrūfi [and] payment wa-adāon to him ilayhi with kindness bi-iḥ'sānin That (is) dhālika a concession takhfīfun from min your Lord rabbikum and mercy waraḥmatun Then whoever famani transgresses iʿ'tadā after baʿda that dhālika then for him falahu (is) a punishment ʿadhābun painful alīmun
O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female.1 But whoever overlooks from his brother [i.e., the killer] anything,2 then there should be a suitable follow-up and payment to him [i.e., the deceased's heir or legal representative] with good conduct. This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy. But whoever transgresses after that3 will have a painful punishment.