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.
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةًۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا نُّكْرًا ٧٤
So they set out, until when they met a boy, he [i.e., al-Khiḍr] killed him. [Moses] said, "Have you killed a pure soul for other than [having killed] a soul? You have certainly done a deplorable thing."
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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.
