Quran 17: 33
{33. And kill not the soul which God has forbidden save by a right [cause] d.
Whoso is slain wrongfully [and undeservedly], We have given power to his heir [on the murderer by means of retaliation], but let the [heir] not commit excess in slaying e; surely, he will be helped to overcome [his opponent, so let him not hasten and then he may kill one who is not the murderer.]}
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d It means: except the one deserving the killing because he committed a crime.
e So that he may kill two instead of one, or he might kill a man, else than the murderer.
I once heard a nice tale which I tell you here:
A few policemen went from Baghdad [in the middle of Iraq] to Mosul [in the north of Iraq] taking with them some arrested men, to hand them over to the Mosul police.
Afterwards, when they intended to return to Baghdad, they saw a man in the railway station, intending also to go to Baghdad, but his money were not sufficient to buy the ticket for the journey by the train; so they said to him: “Come with us in the train, and we put the handcuffs on your hands, then when the collector comes, we shall say to him: This is a prisoner sent by the court to Baghdad, so he will leave you and go his way. Then we shall unlock the handcuffs from your hands after he leaves us.”
So the man agreed about that, and they put the handcuffs on his hands and locked it. Then the train moved and their plan succeeded.
Later on, the policeman, who carried the key, protruded his head from the window of the train to see something in the desert, while the train was quickly moving, and the key fell from his hand in the desert, so the hands of the man remained bound with the locked handcuffs. They tried to unlock it without the key, but they did not succeed in that, so the police said to him: “When we arrive at Baghdad, we shall go to a blacksmith to unlock the handcuffs for you.”
Then when they arrived at Baghdad, they took him to a blacksmith, and said to him: “Unlock the handcuffs for this man.”
But when the blacksmith saw him, he recognized and siezed him, and said to the police: “This man killed my father and escaped few years ago, and I searched about him and could not find him; and he has now come to me upon his feet. Now, take us to the police officer and don’t unlock his handcuffs.”
So they took them both to the police detective, and the blacksmith proved his claim about the man in the court and retaliated of him.
Therefore, this incident confirms His saying – be glorified – in this aya, which means:
(Whoso is slain wrongfully [and undeservedly], We have given to his heir power [on the murderer by means of retaliation])
The interpretation is by Mohammed-Ali Hassan Al-Hilly.
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Moreover, it is narrated from Prophet Mohammed - salam to him - that he said:
"God says: I swear by My Majesty and Might, I will take revenge against the wrong-doer for the behalf of the wronged one, even though after a while."
. Congratulations you pay dues just like the other ones.
