Surah An-Nisa, ayah 86
وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا۟ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ أَوْ رُدُّوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَسِيبًا
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed Allāh is ever, over all things, an Accountant.
An-Nisa · 4:86
Word by word
- وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
- حُيِّيتُمḥuyyītumyou are greeted
- بِتَحِيَّةٍۢbitaḥiyyatinwith a greeting
- فَحَيُّوا۟faḥayyūthen greet
- بِأَحْسَنَbi-aḥsanawith better
- مِنْهَآmin'hāthan it
- أَوْawor
- رُدُّوهَآ ۗruddūhāreturn it
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- كَانَkānais
- عَلَىٰʿalāof
- كُلِّkullievery
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- حَسِيبًاḥasībanan Accountant
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