وَلَكُمۡ فِي ٱلۡقِصَاصِ حَيَوٰةٞ يَٰٓأُوْلِي ٱلۡأَلۡبَٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ ١٧٩
And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Or, "that you may avoid [sin]."
Each word's meaning and sound
In the law of equivalent punishment decreed by Allah there is life for you, because it spares your blood, stopping further attacks between you. Those with sense understand this: who are mindful of Allah, keeping to His sacred law and doing as He instructs.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran