Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 179 (2:179)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٌ يَٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

Quran 2:179 is ayah 179 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 27 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:179
وَلَكُمْفِىٱلْقِصَاصِحَيَوٰةٌيَٰٓأُو۟لِىٱلْأَلْبَٰبِلَعَلَّكُمْتَتَّقُونَ١٧٩
walakum fī l-qiṣāṣi ḥayatun yāulī l-albābi laʿallakum tattaqūna

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

Word by word

  1. وَلَكُمْwalakumAnd for you
  2. فِىfīin
  3. ٱلْقِصَاصِl-qiṣāṣithe legal retribution
  4. حَيَوٰةٌḥayatun(is) life
  5. يَٰٓأُو۟لِىyāulīO men
  6. ٱلْأَلْبَٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding
  7. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumSo that you may
  8. تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna(become) righteous

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