You would fear the act’s consequence and (you would fear)...

You would fear the act’s consequence and (you would fear) that a liability before God will encompass you, a liability from which you will not be exempted in this world or the next. Beware of blood and spilling it unlawfully, for nothing is more deserving of vengeance (from God), greater in its consequence or more likely to (bring about) a cessation of blessing and the cutting off of (one’s appointed) term than shedding blood unjustly.

God -glory be to Him-on the Day of Resurrection will begin judgment among His servants over the blood they have spilt (12). So never strengthen your rule by shedding unlawful blood, for that is among the factors which weaken…