القتل
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.
ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ أَوِ ٱطْرَحُوهُ أَرْضًا يَخْلُ لَكُمْ وَجْهُ أَبِيكُمْ وَتَكُونُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ قَوْمًا صَٰلِحِينَ ٩
Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance [i.e., attention] of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."
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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.
