But retaliation for limbs and wounds has additional requirements beyond those governing retaliation for homicide. The author says:

“It is of two types: one of them concerns limbs: the eye, nose, ear, tooth, eyelid, lip, hand, foot, finger, palm, elbow, penis, testicle, buttock, and labium are taken in retaliation, each for its like.”

“It is of two types,” meaning that retaliation for offenses short of death is of two types: one concerns limbs, and the other concerns wounds.

His statement, “One of them concerns limbs: the eye, nose, ear, tooth, eyelid, lip, hand, foot, finger, palm, elbow, penis, testicle, buttock, and labium are taken in retaliation, each for its like.”

Thus, his statement, “the eye is taken,” means in exchange for an eye: the right eye for the right eye, and the left eye for the left eye.

His statement, “the nose,” means the nose for the nose.

His statement, “the ear,” means the ear for the ear: the right ear for the right ear, and the left ear for the left ear.

His statement, “the tooth,” means a tooth for a tooth: an incisor for an incisor, a canine for a canine, an upper tooth for an upper tooth, and a lower tooth for a lower tooth. Exact equivalence is therefore required.

His statement, “the eyelid,” refers to the covering of the eye. It is extremely sensitive: when something approaches that may harm the eye, it closes without any volition on the part of its owner. This is among the signs of Allah, Exalted is He: He has placed in it this remarkable sensitivity,