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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 41of 53

وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ﴿٤١

Translation (Sahih International)

And whoever avenges himself after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَنِwalamaniAnd surely whosoever
ٱنتَصَرَintaṣaradefends himself
بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
ظُلْمِهِۦẓul'mihihe has been wronged
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
مَاnot
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim(is) against them
مِّنminany
سَبِيلٍsabīlinway

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoersوَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like the Ayat:فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ(Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you transgress likewise against him) (2:194), andوَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ(And if you punish, then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted) (16:...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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