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Fussilat 34

Ayah 34 of 54 · Meccan

وَلَا تَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٞ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٞ ٣٤

And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَاAnd notwalā
  2. تَسۡتَوِي(are) equaltastawī
  3. ٱلۡحَسَنَةُthe good (deed)l-ḥasanatu
  4. وَلَاandwalā
  5. ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚthe evil (deed)l-sayi-atu
  6. ٱدۡفَعۡRepelid'faʿ
  7. بِٱلَّتِيby (that) whichbi-allatī
  8. هِيَ[it]hiya
  9. أَحۡسَنُ(is) betteraḥsanu
  10. فَإِذَاthen beholdfa-idhā
  11. ٱلَّذِيOne whoalladhī
  12. بَيۡنَكَbetween youbaynaka
  13. وَبَيۡنَهُۥand between himwabaynahu
  14. عَدَٰوَةٞ(was) enmityʿadāwatun
  15. كَأَنَّهُۥ(will become) as if heka-annahu
  16. وَلِيٌّ(was) a friendwaliyyun
  17. حَمِيمٞintimateḥamīmun

Tafsir

Doing good deeds in obedience to Allah that please Him, and doing evil and committing sins which anger Him, are not equal. Counter with good conduct the evil of the one who does bad to you. If you counter his evil by doing good to him, you will soon find the previous enmity you had between you change, and it will be as if he is now an affectionate close friend.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran