Quran 17:33 — Al-Israa, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not take life, which God has made sacred, except by right: if anyone is killed wrongfully, We have given authority to the defender of his rights, but he should not be excessive in taking life, for he is already aided [by God].
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا النَّفْسَ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَمَنْ قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِ سُلْطَانًا فَلَا يُسْرِفْ فِي الْقَتْلِ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مَنْصُورًا
walā taqtulū l-nafsa allatī ḥarrama l-lahu illā bil-ḥaqi waman qutila maẓlūman faqad jaʿalnā liwaliyyihi sul'ṭānan falā yus'rif fī l-qatli innahu kāna manṣūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And slay not the soul God has forbidden, except by right. Whosoever is slain unjustly, We have appointed to his next-of-kin authority; but let him not exceed in slaying; he shall be helped.
- Muhammad Asad
- And do not take any human being's life -[the life] which God has willed to be, sacred-otherwise than in [the pursuit of] justice. Hence, if anyone has been slain wrongfully, We have empowered the defender of his rights [to exact a just retribution]; but even so, let him not exceed the bounds of equity in [retributive] killing. [And as for him who has been slain wrongfully -] behold, he is indeed succoured [by God]!
- Sahih International
- And do not kill the soul [i.e., person] which Allāh has forbidden, except by right. And whoever is killed unjustly - We have given his heir authority, but let him not exceed limits in [the matter of] taking life. Indeed, he has been supported [by the law].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَقْتُلُوا۟taqtulū | kill | قتل |
| 3 | ٱلنَّفْسَl-nafsa | the soul | نفس |
| 4 | ٱلَّتِىallatī | which | — |
| 5 | حَرَّمَḥarrama | Allah has forbidden | حرم |
| 6 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah has forbidden | أله |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗbil-ḥaqi | by right | حقق |
| 9 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 10 | قُتِلَqutila | (is) killed | قتل |
| 11 | مَظْلُومًۭاmaẓlūman | wrongfully | ظلم |
| 12 | فَقَدْfaqad | verily | — |
| 13 | جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnā | We have made | جعل |
| 14 | لِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihi | for his heir | ولي |
| 15 | سُلْطَـٰنًۭاsul'ṭānan | an authority | سلط |
| 16 | فَلَاfalā | but not | — |
| 17 | يُسْرِفyus'rif | he should exceed | سرف |
| 18 | فِّىfī | in | — |
| 19 | ٱلْقَتْلِ ۖl-qatli | the killing | قتل |
| 20 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 21 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 22 | مَنصُورًۭاmanṣūran | helped | نصر |