وَلَكُمْ فِي الْقِصَاصِ حَيَاةٌ
For you there is life in just retribution. (Al-Baqarah 2:179)
The verse conveys the life-preserving social purpose of qiṣāṣ in remarkably few words, a standard example of ījāz al-qaṣr. It is not necessary to invent a long deleted proposition behind every word to establish its semantic richness.
The indefiniteness of “ḥayāh” contributes to its effect. But a commentary that labels this merely as omitted-clause brevity erases the distinction between concentrated expression and genuine ellipsis. Each requires its own evidence.