Surah Al Baqarah Tafseer
Tafseer of Al-Baqarah : 179
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And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.
Ibn Kathir
Tafseer 'Ibn Kathir' (EN)
وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ
And there is life for you in Al-Qisas,
legislating the Law of equality, i.e., killing the murderer, carries great benefits for you. This way, the sanctity of life will be preserved because the killer will refrain from killing, as he will be certain that if he kills, he would be killed. Hence life will be preserved.
In previous Books, there is a statement that killing stops further killing! This meaning came in much clearer and eloquent terms in the Qur'an:
وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ
(And there is (a saving of) life for you in Al-Qisas (the Law of equality in punishment).
Abu Al-Aliyah said,
"Allah made the Law of equality a `life'. Hence, how many a man who thought about killing, but this Law prevented him from killing for fear that he will be killed in turn."
Similar statements were reported from Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Abu Malik, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Ar-Rabi bin Anas and Muqatil bin Hayyan.
Allah's statement:
يَاْ أُولِيْ الَالْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O men of understanding, that you may acquire Taqwa.
means, `O you who have sound minds, comprehension and understanding! Perhaps by this you will be compelled to refrain from transgressing the prohibitions of Allah and what He considers sinful.'
Taqwa (mentioned in the Ayah) is a word that means doing all acts of obedience and refraining from all prohibitions
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