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وَٱصْبِرْ وَمَا صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ ۚ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُ فِى ضَيْقٍۢ مِّمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ﴿١٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.

Word-by-word meaning

وَٱصْبِرْwa-iṣ'birAnd be patient
وَمَاwamāand not
صَبْرُكَṣabruka(is) your patience
إِلَّاillābut
بِٱللَّهِ ۚbil-lahifrom Allah
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَحْزَنْtaḥzangrieve
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَكُtakube
فِىin
ضَيْقٍۢḍayqindistress
مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plot

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Command for Equality in PunishmentAllah commands justice in punishment and equity in settling the cases of rights. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that, concerning the Ayah,فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ(then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted.) Ibn Sirin said, "If a man among you takes something from you, then you should take something similar from him." This was also the opinion of Mujahid, Ibrahim, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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