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Ash-Shuraa (The Consultation)

Verse 43of 53

وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنْ عَزْمِ ٱلْأُمُورِ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [requiring] determination.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَنwalamanAnd whoever
صَبَرَṣabara(is) patient
وَغَفَرَwaghafaraand forgives
إِنَّinnaindeed
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَمِنْlamin(is) surely of
عَزْمِʿazmimatters of determination
ٱلْأُمُورِl-umūrimatters of determination

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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