Surah An-Nisā (The Women) in English

1. وما كان لمؤمن أن يقتل مؤمنا إلا خطأ ومن قتل مؤمنا خطأ فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة ودية مسلمة إلى أهله إلا أن يصدقوا فإن كان من قوم عدو لكم وهو مؤمن فتحرير رقبة مؤمنة وإن كان من قوم بينكم وبينهم ميثاق فدية مسلمة إلى أهله وتحرير رقبة مؤمنة فمن لم يجد فصيام شهرين متتابعين توبة من الله وكان الله عليما حكيما

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   A believer may not kill another believer, unless it is by mistake. Anyone who kills a believer by mistake should set free a believing slave, and pay blood-money to his family, unless they remit it in charity. If he belongs to a people that are hostile to you but is a believer, then a believing slave is to be set free. And if he belongs to a people with whom you have a treaty, the blood-money is to be paid to his family and a believing slave is to be set free. He who cannot afford [to pay the blood-money], must fast two successive months as a penance from Allah, and Allah is all-knowing, all-wise.

   wa-mā kāna li-muʾminin ʾan yaqtula muʾminan ʾillā khaṭaʾan wa-man qatala muʾminan khaṭaʾan fa-taḥrīru raqabatin muʾminatin wa-diyatun musallamatun ʾilā ʾahlihī ʾillā ʾan yaṣṣaddaqū fa-ʾin kāna min qawmin ʿaduwwin lakum wa-huwa muʾminun fa-taḥrīru raqabatin muʾminatin wa-ʾin kāna min qawmin baynakum wa-baynahum mīthāqun fa-diyatun musallamatun ʾilā ʾahlihī wa-taḥrīru raqabatin muʾminatin fa-man lam yajid fa-ṣiyāmu shahrayni mutatābiʿayni tawbatan mina llāhi wa-kāna llāhu ʿalīman ḥakīman

2. ومن يقتل مؤمنا متعمدا فجزاؤه جهنم خالدا فيها وغضب الله عليه ولعنه وأعد له عذابا عظيما

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   Should anyone kill a believer intentionally, his requital shall be hell, to remain in it [forever]; Allah shall be wrathful at him and curse him and He shall prepare for him a great punishment.

   wa-man yaqtul muʾminan mutaʿammidan fa-jazāʾuhū jahannamu khālidan fīhā wa-ghaḍiba llāhu ʿalayhi wa-laʿanahū wa-ʾaʿadda lahū ʿadhāban ʿaẓīman

3. يا أيها الذين آمنوا إذا ضربتم في سبيل الله فتبينوا ولا تقولوا لمن ألقى إليكم السلام لست مؤمنا تبتغون عرض الحياة الدنيا فعند الله مغانم كثيرة كذلك كنتم من قبل فمن الله عليكم فتبينوا إن الله كان بما تعملون خبيرا

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   O you who have faith! When you issue forth in the way of Allah, try to ascertain: do not say to someone who offers you peace, ‘You are not a believer,’ seeking the transitory wares of the life of this world. Yet with Allah are plenteous gains. You too were such earlier, but Allah did you a favour. Therefore, do ascertain. Allah is indeed well aware of what you do.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾidhā ḍarabtum fī sabīli llāhi fa-tabayyanū wa-lā taqūlū li-man ʾalqā ʾilaykumu s-salāma lasta muʾminan tabtaghūna ʿaraḍa l-ḥayāti d-dunyā fa-ʿinda llāhi maghānimu kathīratun ka-dhālika kuntum min qablu fa-manna llāhu ʿalaykum fa-tabayyanū ʾinna llāha kāna bi-mā taʿmalūna khabīran