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Surah 41
Verse 35
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
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41:35
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
And good and evil are not alike. Repel evil with that which is best. And lo, he between whom and thyself was enmity will become as though he were a warm friend.
English - Five Volume Translation
And good and evil are not alike. [b]Repel evil with that which is best. And lo, he between whom and thyself was enmity will become as though he were a warm friend.[3584]
13:23; 16:126; 17:54; 28:55; 29:47.
Commentary:
As the preaching of truth inevitably brings in its wake hardships for the preacher, the verse enjoins upon him to bear them patiently and with fortitude, and even to return good for the evil he receives at the hands of his persecutors.
English - Short Commentary Translation
And good and evil are not alike. [b]Repel evil with that which is best.[2636] And lo, he, between whom and thyself was enmity, will become as though he were a warm friend.
13:23; 28:55.
As the preaching of truth inevitably brings in its wake hardships for the preacher, the verse enjoins upon him to bear them patiently and with fortitude, and even to return good for the evil he receives at the hands of his persecutors.