4. Sura an-Nisa

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَمَن يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُّتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَآؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا...   

4: 93.  If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide therein (for ever):

C612. What is mentioned here is the punishment in the Hereafter.

The legal consequences, enforceable by human society, are mentioned in 2:178, under the rules of Qisas.

That is, a life should be taken for a life destroyed, but this should be on a scale of equality: a single murder should not commit a whole tribe to a perpetual blood- feud, as in the days of ignorance. But if the heirs of the man slain accept reasonable compensation, this should be accepted, and the taking of a life for a life should be put a stop to. This course leads to the saving of life, and is commanded to men of understanding.

... وَغَضِبَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا ﴿٩٣﴾

and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him,

and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.

Other versions:

4: 93

Yusuf Ali If a man kills a believer intentionally his recompense is Hell to abide therein (for ever): and the wrath and the curse of Allah are upon him and a dreadful penalty is prepared for him.

Pickthall Whoso slayeth a believer of set purpose, his reward is Hell for ever. Allah is wroth against him and He hath cursed him and prepared for him an awful doom.

Wa may yaqtul mu'minan muta'ammidan fa jaza_'uhu_ jahannamu kha_lidan fiha_ wa gadiballa_hu 'alaihi wa la'anahu_ wa a'adda lahu_'aza_ban 'azima_(n).

[[ Ali’s note - 853 Their falsity was not due to want of knowledge, but to perversity and selfishness. In their heart was a disease (ii. 10): therefore neither their understanding, nor their ears, nor their eyes do their proper work. They twist what they see, hear, or are taught, and go deeper and deeper into the mire. The deceptions which they used to practise on other people will, before the Seat of Judgement, become clear in their own eyes. (6.28) ]]