178 O you who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter of the slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the female for the female, but if any remission is made to any one by his (aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the bloodwit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner; this is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement.
178 Enyi mlio amini! Mmepewa ruhusa kulipa kisasi katika walio uwawa - muungwana kwa muungwana, na mtumwa kwa mtumwa, na mwanamke kwa mwanamke. Na anaye samehewa na ndugu yake chochote basi ashikwe kulipa kwa wema, na yeye alipe kwa ihsani. Huko ni kupunguziwa kuliko tokana na Mola wenu Mlezi, na ni rehema. Na atakaye vuka mipaka baada ya haya, basi yeye atapata adhabu chungu.