Surah An-Nahl, ayah 126
وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَ
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
An-Nahl · 16:126
Word by word
- وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
- عَاقَبْتُمْʿāqabtumyou retaliate
- فَعَاقِبُوا۟faʿāqibūthen retaliate
- بِمِثْلِbimith'liwith the like
- مَاmāof what
- عُوقِبْتُمʿūqib'tumyou were afflicted
- بِهِۦ ۖbihiwith [it]
- وَلَئِنwala-inBut if
- صَبَرْتُمْṣabartumyou are patient
- لَهُوَlahuwasurely (it) is
- خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
- لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَlilṣṣābirīnafor those who are patient
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