Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And if you take revenge, then take revenge in proportion to what you were punished with”
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Question:
He says: I hope you will explain the verse[An-Nahl 16:126].
Answer:
Yes, if you want to take retaliation from a person, you take retaliation in kind for what he did to you, and you do not go beyond that; because going beyond is injustice, and injustice is not permissible,[An-Nahl 16:126], and that is why it is called retaliation (qisas); because it is like for like, and it does not increase, yes.
He says: I hope you will explain the verse
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed
وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِAnswer:
Yes, if you want to take retaliation from a person, you take retaliation in kind for what he did to you, and you do not go beyond that; because going beyond is injustice, and injustice is not permissible,
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed
وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/271 — archive.org (15:00)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.