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Al-A'raf 199

Ayah 199 of 206 · Meccan

خُذِ ٱلۡعَفۡوَ وَأۡمُرۡ بِٱلۡعُرۡفِ وَأَعۡرِضۡ عَنِ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ ١٩٩

Take what is given freely,1 enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 From the dispositions of men or from their wealth. In other words, be easy in dealing with them and avoid causing them difficulty.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. خُذِHoldkhudhi
  2. ٱلۡعَفۡوَ(to) forgivenessl-ʿafwa
  3. وَأۡمُرۡand enjoinwamur
  4. بِٱلۡعُرۡفِthe goodbil-ʿur'fi
  5. وَأَعۡرِضۡand turn awaywa-aʿriḍ
  6. عَنِfromʿani
  7. ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَthe ignorantl-jāhilīna

Tafsir

Accept from people O Messenger what they are able to do, the actions and conduct that is easy for them, and do not require them to do things that are too difficult for them, because that will drive them away. Instruct them to speak in a beautiful way and to do good actions, and turn away from those who are foolish and do not face them in their ignorance, returning like for like. Whoever harms you, do not harm them; and whoever denies you something, do not deny them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran