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Al-Isra 17:33

وَلَا تَقۡتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفۡسَ ٱلَّتِي حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظۡلُومٗا فَقَدۡ جَعَلۡنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلۡطَٰنٗا فَلَا يُسۡرِف فِّي ٱلۡقَتۡلِۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورٗا

Do not take a ˹human˺ life—made sacred by Allah—except with ˹legal˺ right. If anyone is killed unjustly, We have given their heirs the authority, but do not let them exceed limits in retaliation, for they are already supported ˹by law˺.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
Vocabulary
تَقۡتُلُواْ
taqtulū
kill
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
ٱلنَّفۡسَ
l-nafsa
the soul
Vocabulary
Root: نفس
ٱلَّتِي
allatī
which
Vocabulary
حَرَّمَ
ḥarrama
Allah has forbidden
Vocabulary
Root: حرم
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah has forbidden
Vocabulary
Root: اله
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
بِٱلۡحَقِّۗ
bil-ḥaqi
by right
Vocabulary
Root: حقق
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
Vocabulary
قُتِلَ
qutila
(is) killed
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
مَظۡلُومٗا
maẓlūman
wrongfully
Vocabulary
Root: ظلم
فَقَدۡ
faqad
verily
Vocabulary
جَعَلۡنَا
jaʿalnā
We have made
Vocabulary
Root: جعل
لِوَلِيِّهِۦ
liwaliyyihi
for his heir
Vocabulary
سُلۡطَٰنٗا
sul'ṭānan
an authority
Vocabulary
Root: سلط
فَلَا
falā
but not
Vocabulary
يُسۡرِف
yus'rif
he should exceed
Vocabulary
Root: سرف
فِّي
fī
in
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقَتۡلِۖ
l-qatli
the killing
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
Vocabulary
كَانَ
kāna
is
Vocabulary
Root: كون
مَنصُورٗا
manṣūran
helped
Vocabulary
Root: نصر

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.