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Qur’an 5:32 Al-Ma'idah, verse 32

مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًۢا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًۭا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَآ أَحْيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ

Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. And our messengers had certainly come to them with clear proofs. Then indeed many of them, [even] after that, throughout the land, were transgressors.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Ma'idah (5)
Verse
32 of 120
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Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaning
مِنْminFrom
أَجْلِajlitime
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
كَتَبْنَاkatabnāWe ordained
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
أَنَّهُۥannahuthat he
مَنmanwho
قَتَلَqatalakills
نَفْسًۢاnafsana soul
بِغَيْرِbighayriother than
نَفْسٍnafsin(for) a soul
أَوْawor
فَسَادٍۢfasādin(for) spreading corruption
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
فَكَأَنَّمَاfaka-annamāthen (it) is as if
قَتَلَqatalahe has killed
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamankind
جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
وَمَنْwamanand whoever
أَحْيَاهَاaḥyāhāsaves it
فَكَأَنَّمَآfaka-annamāthen (it) is as if
أَحْيَاaḥyāhe has saved
ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamankind
جَمِيعًۭا ۚjamīʿanall
وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcame to them
رُسُلُنَاrusulunāOur Messengers
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear Signs
ثُمَّthummayet
إِنَّinnaindeed
كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
مِّنْهُمmin'humof them
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
فِىfīin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
لَمُسْرِفُونَlamus'rifūna(are) surely those who commit excesses

In context

The verses around 5:32 in Al-Ma'idah.

  • 5:30فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَAnd his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.
  • 5:31فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًۭا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّٰدِمِينَThen Allah sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the body of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.
  • 5:33إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌۭ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌIndeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,
  • 5:34إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ تَابُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تَقْدِرُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭExcept for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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