Nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just cause. And if anyone is slain wrongfully, we have given his heir authority (to demand qisas or to forgive): but let him not exceed bounds in the matter of taking life; for he is helped (by the Law).
و نکشید تنی را که حرام کرد (محترم داشت) خدا جز به حقّ و آنکه کشته شود به ستم همانا قرار دادیم برای خونخواه او فرمانروائی پس فزون نرود در کشتار همانا او است یاری‌شده‌