<P> The Qur'an mentions the "eye for an eye" concept as being ordained for the Children of Israel . The principle of Lex talionis in Islam is Qiṣāṣ (Arabic: قصاص) as mentioned in Qur'an, 2: 178: "O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution (Qisas) for those murdered--the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female . But whoever overlooks from his brother anything, then there should be a suitable follow - up and payment to him with good conduct . This is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy . But whoever transgresses after that will have a painful punishment ." Shi'ite countries that use Islamic Sharia law, such as Iran, apply the "eye for an eye" rule literally . </P> <P> In the Torah We prescribed for them a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, an equal wound for a wound: if anyone forgoes this out of charity, it will serve as atonement for his bad deeds . Those who do not judge according to what God has revealed are doing grave wrong . (Qurʾān, 5: 45) </P> <Ul> <Li> Martin Luther King, Jr. later used this phrase in the context of racial violence: "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> Martin Luther King, Jr. later used this phrase in the context of racial violence: "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind ." </Li>

Is eye for an eye in the old testament