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yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā taqtulū ṣ-ṣayda wa-ʾantum ḥurumun wa-man qatalahū minkum mutaʿammidan fa-jazāʾun mithlu mā qatala mina n-naʿami yaḥkumu bihī dhawā ʿadlin minkum hadyan bāligha l-kaʿbati ʾaw kaffāratun ṭaʿāmu masākīna ʾaw ʿadlu dhālika ṣiyāman li-yadhūqa wabāla ʾamrihī ʿafā llāhu ʿammā salafa wa-man ʿāda fa-yantaqimu llāhu minhu wa-llāhu ʿazīzun dhū ntiqāmin
O you who have faith! Do not kill any game when you are in pilgrim sanctity. Should any of you kill it intentionally, its atonement, the counterpart from cattle of what he has killed, as judged by two fair men among you, will be an offering brought to the Ka‘bah, or an atonement by feeding needy persons, or its equivalent in fasting, that he may taste the untoward consequences of his conduct. Allah has excused what is already past; but should anyone resume, Allah shall take vengeance on him, for Allah is all-mighty, avenger.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 95
95. "O' you who have Faith! kill no game while you are in pilgrim garb: and anyone of you who kills it intentionally, its atonement is the like in cattle of what he has killed, as (to this likeness) two just persons among you judge, (and the animal) will be an offering reached to the Ka'bah, or the atonement (of it) is feeding the poor, or the equivalent of that in fasting, that he may taste the effect of his action. Allah has pardoned whatever is a thing of the past; and whoever returns (to it), Allah will take vengeance on him, and Allah is Mighty, the Lord of Retribution."
In this verse, the command of the prohibition of hunting at the time of being in pilgrim garment, with a general condition, has been issued more clearly and precisely. It says:
Then, it points to the atonement of hunting in the condition of being in pilgrim garb, and says:
That is, such a person should sacrifice that animal and give its meat to some needy ones. Here, the purpose of 'the like' is the likeness of the size and the shape of the animal. It is in this sense that, for example, if a person hunts a wild big animal, such as the ostrich, he should choose an ostrich as atonement; or if he hunts a deer, he should sacrifice a lamb with nearly the same size. And, since some people may fall into suspicion upon the subject of likeness, in this regard, the Qur'an ordains that this matter should be fulfilled under the judgment of two just persons, possessed of some knowledge among you. It says:
And, for the place where this animal should be sacrificed, the Qur'an commands that it must be killed as a sacrifice dedicated to the Ka'bah and in the land of Ka'bah. It says:
Then, the Qur'an adds that it is not necessary that the atonement should certainly be in the form of sacrifice, but each of the two other things can substitute it. The first is that some money equivalent to it can be spent in the way of feeding the poor. It says:
And the second thing of substitution is as follows:
These atonements are for that the person sees the retribution of his committing offence. It says:
But, in view of the fact that usually no ordinance includes the past, the Qur'an stipulates that Allah has forgiven the offences that have been done in this field, saying thus:
So, if a person does not pay attention to these frequent warnings and the ordinance of atonement and hunts at the time of being in the pilgrim garb, Allah will take vengeance of such a person and Allah is Mighty to take vengeance in the appropriate time. It says: