179وَلَكُم فِي القِصاصِ حَياةٌ يا أُولِي الأَلبابِ لَعَلَّكُم تَتَّقونَMuhammad Asadfor, in [the law of] just retribution, O you who are endowed with insight, there is life for you, so that you might remain conscious of God!1I.e., "there is a safeguard for you, as a community, so that you might be able to live in security, as God wants you to live". Thus, the objective of qisds is the protection of the society, and not "revenge".