[5:42]
Listeners for the sake of falsehood! Greedy for
illicit gain! If then they have recourse unto thee (Muhammad) judge between
them or disclaim jurisdiction. If thou disclaimest jurisdiction, then they
cannot harm thee at all. But if thou judgest, judge between them with equity.
Lo! Allah loveth the equitable.
[5:43]
How come they unto thee for judgment when they
have the Torah, wherein Allah hath delivered judgment (for them) ? Yet even after that they turn away. Such (folk) are not
believers.
[5:44]
Lo! We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance
and a light, by which the prophets who surrendered (unto Allah) judged the
Jews, and the rabbis and the priests (judged) by such of Allah’s Scripture as
they were bidden to observe, and thereunto were they witnesses. So fear not
mankind, but fear Me. And My
revelations for a little gain. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath
revealed: such are disbelievers.
[5:45]
And We prescribed for
them therein: The life for the life, and the eye for the eye, and the nose for
the nose, and the ear for the ear, and the tooth for the tooth, and for wounds
retaliation. But whoso forgoeth it (in the way of charity) it shall be
expiation for him. Whoso judgeth not by that which Allah hath revealed: such
are wrong-doers.