Surah Fussilat, ayah 34
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌ
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.
Fussilat · 41:34
Word by word
- وَلَاwalāAnd not
- تَسْتَوِىtastawī(are) equal
- ٱلْحَسَنَةُl-ḥasanatuthe good (deed)
- وَلَاwalāand
- ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚl-sayi-atuthe evil (deed)
- ٱدْفَعْid'faʿRepel
- بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīby (that) which
- هِىَhiya[it]
- أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) better
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīOne who
- بَيْنَكَbaynakabetween you
- وَبَيْنَهُۥwabaynahuand between him
- عَدَٰوَةٌۭʿadāwatun(was) enmity
- كَأَنَّهُۥka-annahu(will become) as if he
- وَلِىٌّwaliyyun(was) a friend
- حَمِيمٌۭḥamīmunintimate
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