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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 28

The Table · Medinan · Juz 6 · Page 112

لَئِنۢ بَسَطتَ إِلَىَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِى مَآ أَنَا۠ بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِىَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ ٱللَّهَ رَبَّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ﴿28﴾
"If you do stretch your hand against me to kill me, I shall never stretch my hand against you to kill you : for I fear Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn, and all that exists)."
لَئِنۢ la-in If
بَسَطتَ basaṭta you stretch
إِلَىَّ ilayya towards me
يَدَكَ yadaka your hand
لِتَقْتُلَنِى litaqtulanī to kill me
مَآ not
أَنَا۠ anā will I
بِبَاسِطٍۢ bibāsiṭin stretch
يَدِىَ yadiya my hand
إِلَيْكَ ilayka towards you
لِأَقْتُلَكَ ۖ li-aqtulaka to kill you
إِنِّىٓ innī indeed I
أَخَافُ akhāfu fear
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
رَبَّ rabba (the) Lord
ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ l-ʿālamīna (of) the worlds

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(Ayah 28) {لَىِٕنْۢ بَسَطْتَّ اِلَيَّ يَدَكَ …… :} That is, I will not stretch out my hand towards you to kill you; if I raise my hand for my own defense, that is a different matter, because self-defense is necessary and there is consensus of the Muslim Ummah on this. (Qurtubi) If the one being killed is also intent on killing his killer, then in such a case both are destined for Hell, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When two Muslims confront each other with their swords, both the killer and the one killed will go to Hell." Ahnaf bin Qais (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "O Messenger of Allah! This is the killer, but what is the fault of the one killed?" He replied: "Because he was also eager to kill his killer." [ بخاری، الإیمان، باب : « و ان طائفتان من المؤمنين…… » :۳۱ ]

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The exegesis of this verse has been done along with the previous verse.

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"If you stretch out your hand towards me to kill me, I will not stretch out my hand towards you to kill you. Indeed, I fear Allah, the Lord of all the worlds." [60] Indeed, I fear Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."

[60] When Qabil's sacrifice was rejected, his anger turned into vengeance and he openly threatened his brother Habil, saying, "I will surely kill you." (Perhaps Qabil thought that after Habil's death, he alone would have the right to marry that girl.) Habil replied that if your sacrifice was not accepted, what fault is that of mine? Rather, you should have adopted the path of piety; in that case, perhaps your sacrifice would have been accepted. And if you are determined to kill me, I have absolutely no intention of raising my hand in this matter; in any case, I will not do so, because I consider it a great injustice.