ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ ٩٦
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- ٱدۡفَعۡRepelid'faʿ
- بِٱلَّتِيby thatbi-allatī
- هِيَwhichhiya
- أَحۡسَنُ(is) best aḥsanu
- ٱلسَّيِّئَةَۚthe evill-sayi-ata
- نَحۡنُWenaḥnu
- أَعۡلَمُknow bestaʿlamu
- بِمَاof whatbimā
- يَصِفُونَthey attributeyaṣifūna
Tafsir
O Messenger, repel the one who is bad to you by the characteristic which is better, namely turning away from him and being patient with his harm. I know best the associating partners and denial they describe, and the unbefitting things they describe you with such as magic and insanity.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran