惩罚制度的目标有三个方面：

The objectives of the punishment system are three fold :

1) 惩罚犯罪者，从而起到赎罪（kaffara，即洗净罪过）的作用，并使他们改过自新。

1) To punish those guilty of crime, thereby acting as kaffara (purification) and reforming them.

2) 对社会起到震慑作用，防止人们犯罪。

2) To act as a deterrent for society from committing crime.

3) 成为对犯罪受害者的一种报复手段。

3) To be a means of retribution for those who are victims of crime.

刑罚有多种等级，与罪行的严重程度、罪行的性质以及围绕该罪行的其他因素相适应。这些都能达到上文所述的各项目标。

There are various degrees of punishment that accord with the severity of the crime, the nature of the crime, and other factors which surround it. These all have the effect of achieving the objectives detailed above.