عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَرَأَهَا وَكَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِيهَا أَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالْعَيْنُ بِالْعَيْنِ [سورة المائدة: ٤٥] نَصَبَ النَّفْسَ وَرَفَعَ الْعَيْنَ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, recited this verse: {وَکَتَبْنَا عَلَیْہِمْ فِیْہَا اَنَّ النَّفْسَ بِالنَّفْسِ وَالْعَیْنُ بِالْعَیْنِ} [المائدۃ: ۴۵] … We ordained for them: a life for a life, and an eye for an eye in retribution. He pronounced a zabar (fatḥa) on "nafs" and a pesh (ḍamma) on "al-‘ayn".