Kitab-i-Aqdas/Elder62

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Whoever burns a house intentionally, burn him.

Whoever kills a person with intent, kill him.

Take the ordinances (sunan) of God with hands of power and might. Then desert the ordinances of the ignorant.

If you condemn them (the incendiary and the murderer) to perpetual prison, you have done no harm according to the Book. Indeed, He is the Ruler over what He desires.