قِصَاصretribution

Example sentences

• فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ الْقَتْلُ أَنْفَى لِلْقَتْلِ، مَذْكُورٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ

  Among them their saying: 'Killing prevents killing' is mentioned in His saying: 'And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life.'

  الْقِصَاصِ — legal retribution. This is 'legal retribution', definite with 'al-'. It takes the genitive because the preposition 'in' governs it. It names the principle in which the preserving of life is said to lie. The definite article marks it as the known concept.

  From: When Scripture Answers Proverbs →