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Surah Al-Baqarah — 2:194

ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلْحَرَامُ بِٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْحُرُمَـٰتُ قِصَاصٌ ۚ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱعْتَدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

Ash Shahrul Haraamu bish Shahril Haraami wal hurumaatu qisaas; famani'tadaa 'alaikum fa'tadoo 'alaihi bimsisli ma'tadaa 'alaikum; wattaqul laaha wa'lamooo annal laaha ma'al muttaqeen

ادب کا مہینہ ادب کے مہینے کے مقابل ہے اور ادب کی چیزیں ایک دوسرے کا بدلہ ہیں۔ پس اگر کوئی تم پر زیادتی کرے تو جیسی زیادتی وہ تم پر کرے ویسی ہی تم اس پر کرو۔ اور خدا سے ڈرتے رہو اور جان رکھو کہ خدا ڈرنے والوں کے ساتھ ہے

The sacred month for the sacred month, and sanctities call for just retribution. So whoever transgresses against you, respond in kind with the like of what was done to you. Be mindful of God, and know that God is with those who are mindful of him.

Reflection

The Arabic uses a single verb, iʿtadā, for the aggression and for the response, although the same root was forbidden outright a few verses earlier. Grammarians call this mushākala, matching the aggressor's own word for the sake of the parallel, and bi-mithli fixes a ceiling: the like of what was done, and no more. The closing clause on mindfulness attaches a limit to the permission just granted.

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