۞ لَّيْسَ It is not laysa [the] righteousness l-bira that an you turn tuwallū your faces wujūhakum towards qibala the east l-mashriqi and the west wal-maghribi [and] but walākinna the righteous[ness] l-bira (is he) who man believes āmana in Allah bil-lahi and the Day wal-yawmi [the] Last l-ākhiri and the Angels wal-malāikati and the Book wal-kitābi and the Prophets wal-nabiyīna and gives waātā the wealth l-māla in ʿalā spite of his love (for it) ḥubbihi (to) those dhawī (of) the near relatives l-qur'bā and the orphans wal-yatāmā and the needy wal-masākīna and (of) wa-ib'na the wayfarer l-sabīli and those who ask wal-sāilīna and in wafī freeing the necks (slaves) l-riqābi and (who) establish wa-aqāma the prayer l-ṣalata and give waātā the zakah l-zakata and those who fulfill wal-mūfūna their covenant biʿahdihim when idhā they make it ʿāhadū and those who are patient wal-ṣābirīna in fī [the] suffering l-basāi and [the] hardship wal-ḍarāi and (the) time waḥīna (of) [the] stress l-basi Those ulāika (are) the ones who alladhīna are true ṣadaqū and those wa-ulāika [they] humu (are) the righteous l-mutaqūna
Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allāh, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakāh; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
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.
وَلَكُمْ And for you walakum in fī the legal retribution l-qiṣāṣi (is) life ḥayatun O men yāulī (of) understanding l-albābi So that you may laʿallakum (become) righteous tattaqūna
And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.1
كُتِبَ Prescribed kutiba for you ʿalaykum when idhā approaches ḥaḍara any of you aḥadakumu [the] death l-mawtu if in he leaves taraka good khayran (making) the will l-waṣiyatu for the parents lil'wālidayni and the near relatives wal-aqrabīna with due fairness bil-maʿrūfi a duty ḥaqqan on ʿalā the righteous ones l-mutaqīna
Prescribed for you when death approaches [any] one of you if he leaves wealth [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.1
فَمَنۢ Then whoever faman changes it baddalahu after what baʿdamā he (has) heard [it] samiʿahu so only fa-innamā its sin ith'muhu (would be) on ʿalā those who alladhīna alter it yubaddilūnahu Indeed inna Allah al-laha (is) All-Hearing sami'un All-Knowing alimun
Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest] after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.