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An-Nisa (The Women)

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وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًۭا مُّتَعَمِّدًۭا فَجَزَآؤُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ خَٰلِدًۭا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُۥ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُۥ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًۭا﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يَقْتُلْyaqtulkills
مُؤْمِنًۭاmu'minana believer
مُّتَعَمِّدًۭاmutaʿammidanintentionally
فَجَزَآؤُهُۥfajazāuhuthen his recompense
جَهَنَّمُjahannamu(is) Hell
خَـٰلِدًۭاkhālidanabiding forever
فِيهَاfīhāin it
وَغَضِبَwaghaḍibaand will fall the wrath
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(of) Allah
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
وَلَعَنَهُۥwalaʿanahuand He (will) curse him
وَأَعَدَّwa-aʿaddaand He has prepared
لَهُۥlahufor him
عَذَابًاʿadhābana punishment
عَظِيمًۭاʿaẓīmangreat

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Ruling Concerning Killing a Believer by MistakeAllah states that the believer is not allowed to kill his believing brother under any circumstances. In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that Ibn Mas`ud said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«لَا يَحِلُّ دَمُ امْرِىءٍ مُسْلِمٍ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللهِ، إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ: النَّفْسُ بِالنَّفْسِ، وَالثَّيِّبُ الزَّانِي، وَالتَّارِكُ لِدِينِهِ الْمُفَارِقُ لِلْجَمَاعَة»(The blood of a Muslim who testifies t...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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