bloodwit

Companions were instant with the plaintiffs to accept the bloodwit and win the thanks of the folk, but they refused and would nothing but the talion.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879

Then he offered to pay them, from the Treasury, the bloodwit for their father; but they refused, saying, 'We forgave him but of our desire unto God the Bountiful, the Exalted; and he who is thus minded followeth not his benefits with reproach neither mischief.'

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV Anonymous 1879

Now there is no help for it but that I work some guile and I contrive a wile whereby to slay the Sultan Zau al-Makan and the Wazir Dandan and the Chamberlain and Rustam and Bahram and ten thousand cavaliers of the army of Al-Islam; for it shall never be said that my son's head be paid with the bloodwit of

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

(aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the bloodwit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner; this is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement.

Terrorists Are False Muslims, Not Entitled To Enter Paradise Or Share In Any Of Its Rewards 2006

(aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the bloodwit) should be made according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner; this is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement.

Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902

Wazir Dandan and the Chamberlain and Rustam and Bahram and ten thousand cavaliers of the army of Al – Islam; for it shall never be said that my son’s head be paid with the bloodwit of

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006