Do not kill a respectable soul without a just cause. If anyone is wrongfully killed, we have given the heirs of that person the right (to demand satisfaction or to forgive). He must not exceed the law in having vengeance; his victim shall also be assisted (by law).
و نفسى را كه خداوند حرام كرده است جز به حق مكشيد، و هر كس مظلوم كشته شود، به سرپرست وى قدرتى داده‌ايم، پس [او] نبايد در قتل زياده‌روى كند، زيرا او [از طرف شرع‌] يارى شده است.