وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًا ١٥٦
And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander
Quran verses about Killing
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36 verses in 14 surahs · 17 subtopics
Killing is forbidden and grave: the Quran likens the killing of a single soul to the killing of all mankind. The verses set out the types of homicide and their rulings, then the killings the Quran relates: Adam’s son who killed his brother, Pharaoh slaughtering the people of Moses, Moses killing a man by mistake, David slaying Goliath, and the prophets killed by some of the Children of Israel.
Verses gathered from a topical index of the Quran, in Mushaf order; every verse is quoted in full.
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- All verses 36
- Types of killing and their rulings: the legal status 2
- Types of killing and their rulings: unintentional killing 1
- Types of killing and their rulings: deliberate murder 1
- Types of killing and their rulings: execution as the penalty for corrupters on earth 1
- The Children of Israel, killers of prophets 7
- The Children of Israel’s claim to have killed the Messiah 1
- Killing one soul is like killing all mankind 1
- Foiled attempts to kill: Aaron, brother of Moses 1
- Foiled attempts to kill: Muhammad ﷺ 1
- Foiled attempts to kill: Joseph 1
- The prohibition of killing and the enormity of the crime 2
- Killings told in the Quran: Pharaoh and his people slaughtering Moses’ people 5
- Killings told in the Quran: David kills Goliath 1
- Killings told in the Quran: one of Adam’s two sons kills his brother 1
- Killings told in the Quran: those who kill their children 4
- Killings told in the Quran: the righteous servant kills a boy 1
- Killings told in the Quran: Moses kills a man by mistake 5
The Children of Israel’s claim to have killed the Messiah · 1 verse
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Verses gathered from a human-made thematic index of the Quran; the introduction summarises its subtopics. For a legal opinion, consult a scholar.