Qiṣāṣ responds to a particular grave crime, yet its deterrent effect can extend beyond the individual case. Discouraging future murder, protecting potential victims and limiting escalating retaliatory violence all broaden the contextual sense of ḥayāh.
The formulation does not assert that every individual case produces identical practical outcomes. The rhetorical insight is that one short noun carries the wider public purpose of the rule.
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Musāwāt and Ījāz al-Qaṣr: Proportionate Wording and the Rhetoric of Qiṣāṣ
Qiṣāṣ responds to a particular grave crime, yet its deterrent effect can extend beyond the individual case. Discouraging future murder, protecting potential victims and limiting escalating retaliatory violence all broaden the contextual sense of ḥayāh.
The formulation does not assert that every individual case produces identical practical outcomes. The rhetorical insight is that one short noun carries the wider public purpose of the rule.