That is why We decreed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, without [its being guilty of] manslaughter or corruption on the earth, is as though he had killed all mankind, and whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind. Our apostles certainly brought them manifest signs, yet even after that, many of them commit excesses on the earth.
به همين جهت بر فرزندان اسرائيل مقرر داشتيم كه هر كسى ديگرى را جز به انتقام قتل يا فساد در روى زمين بكشد، مانند آن است كه همه مردم را كشته باشد، و هر كه شخصى را از مرگ نجات دهد گويى همه مردم را زنده كرده است. و البته فرستادگان ما حجت‌هاى روشن براى آنه