"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
Whoever is saying this, are you mocking this ayah in Qur'an? :-
"And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution. But whoever gives [up his right as] charity, it is an expiation for him. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the wrongdoers." [5:45]
But then, look what the Qur'an says:-
"For surely, it is not the eyes that are blind, but the hearts." [22:46] ☝️✨
☝️Don't think you know better than The Lord- The One Who created you. By following God, not only we will shine, but the world around us will also shine, IT WON'T BECOME BLIND.✨
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Below, I share some imporant things which I took from Tafsir Ibn Kathir- English version 👇
And We ordained therein for them
"Life for life,
eye for eye,
nose for nose,
ear for ear,
tooth for tooth,
and wounds equal for equal."
But if anyone remits the retaliation by way of charity, it shall be for him an expiation.
This Ayah also chastises and criticizes the Jews because in the Tawrah, they have the law of a life for a life. Yet, they defied this ruling by transgression and rebellion. They used to apply this ruling when a person from Bani An-Nadir was killed by a Qurayzah person, but this was not the case when the opposite occurred. Rather, they would revert to Diyah in this case.
They also defied the ruling in the Tawrah to stone the adulterer and instead came up with their own form of punishment, flogging, humiliation and parading them in public. This is why Allah said in the previous Ayah,
وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللّهُ فَأُوْلَـيِكَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ
(And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the disbelievers), because they rejected Allah's command with full intention and with transgression and rebellion.
In this Ayah, Allah said,
فَأُوْلَـيِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
(such are the unjust), because they did not exact the oppressed his due rights from the oppressor in a matter which Allah ordered that all be treated equally and fairly. Instead, they defied that command, committed injustice and transgressed against each other.
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