مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ أَنَّهُۥ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًۢا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍۢ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًۭا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَآ أَحْيَا ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُم بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُونَ
How to read it
Min' 'aj'li dhālika katab'nā ʻalā banī 'is'rā'īla 'annahu man qatala naf'san[m] bighay'ri naf'sin 'aw' fassādin fī l-'ar'ḍi faka'annamā qatala nnāssa jamīʻan waman' 'aḥ'yāhā faka'annamā 'aḥ'yā nnāssa jamīʻan . walaqad' jā'at'hum' russulunā bil-bayyināti thumma 'inna kathīran mmin'hum baʻ'da dhālika fī l-'ar'ḍi lamus'rifūna
On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our messengers with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
