البقرة
وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ 179
This short but meaningful verse is the answer to several questions that might be raised; saying: ``And in retaliation there is life for you! O, you men of understanding, so that you might avoid evil.'' This verse has now turned to an Islamic slogan commonly issued; signifying that Islamic retaliation has no ground for vengeance, Had the law of retaliation not been recommended, the cruel merciless, inhuman, would feel being safe and secure, and through their evil deeds would make a Hell of the social life; so much so that some countries wherein retaliation is abolished, the number of murders and crimes has abruptly increased. Some may criticise Islamic law of retaliation and say: ``According to the above, man should not be retaliated for killing a woman and vice versa. Of course not so! The meaning of the verse is not that a man shouldn't be retaliated for murdering a woman; or that a man's blood is more colourful than that of a woman. The law involves that the guardians of the murdered woman have to pay half of the blood money, and then they can have the killer killed. The philosophy of this payment for retaliation lays in that men are very effective and influential in economics of their family. For example, when a woman loses her husband, she and her children may lose their livelihood and have their economics entirely ruined. In order to observe the rights of all; Islam has made it lawful for the heir or the heiress to demand half the bloodmoney before killing the man who has killed a woman.'' IS MAN'S BLOOD MORE COLORFUL THAN THAT OF WOMAN?