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Qur’an 42:40 Ash-Shura, verse 40
وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ سَيِّئَةٍۢ سَيِّئَةٌۭ مِّثْلُهَا ۖ فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allah. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Ash-Shura (42)
- Verse
- 40 of 53
- Revealed
- Makki
- Juz
- 25
- Mushaf page
- 487
Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ | wajazāu | (The) recompense |
| سَيِّئَةٍۢ | sayyi-atin | (of) an evil |
| سَيِّئَةٌۭ | sayyi-atun | (is) an evil |
| مِّثْلُهَا ۖ | mith'luhā | like it |
| فَمَنْ | faman | But whoever |
| عَفَا | ʿafā | pardons |
| وَأَصْلَحَ | wa-aṣlaḥa | and makes reconciliation |
| فَأَجْرُهُۥ | fa-ajruhu | then his reward |
| عَلَى | ʿalā | (is) on |
| ٱللَّهِ ۚ | l-lahi | Allah |
| إِنَّهُۥ | innahu | Indeed, He |
| لَا | lā | (does) not |
| يُحِبُّ | yuḥibbu | like |
| ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ | l-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers |
In context
The verses around 42:40 in Ash-Shura.
- 42:38وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَAnd those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend.
- 42:39وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْبَغْىُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَAnd those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves,
- 42:41وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍAnd whoever avenges himself after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].
- 42:42إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭThe cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.
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