مِنْ
أَجْلِ
ذَٰلِكَ
كَتَبْنَا
عَلَىٰ
بَنِىٓ
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
أَنَّهُۥ
مَن
قَتَلَ
نَفْسًۢا
بِغَيْرِ
نَفْسٍ
أَوْ
فَسَادٍۢ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
فَكَأَنَّمَا
قَتَلَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
جَمِيعًۭا
وَمَنْ
أَحْيَاهَا
فَكَأَنَّمَآ
أَحْيَا
ٱلنَّاسَ
جَمِيعًۭا ۚ
وَلَقَدْ
جَآءَتْهُمْ
رُسُلُنَا
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ
ثُمَّ
إِنَّ
كَثِيرًۭا
مِّنْهُم
بَعْدَ
ذَٰلِكَ
فِى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
لَمُسْرِفُونَ
٣٢
On account of [his deed], We decreed to the Children of Israel that if anyone kills a person- unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land- it is as if he kills all mankind, while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind. Our messengers came to them with clear signs, but many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem