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An-Nahl 16:126 وان عاقبتم فعاقبوا بمثل ما عوقبتم به ولين صبرتم لهو خير للصابرين ١٢٦

16:126
وَإِنۡ
عَاقَبۡتُمۡ
فَعَاقِبُواْ
بِمِثۡلِ
مَا
عُوقِبۡتُم
بِهِۦۖ
وَلَئِن
صَبَرۡتُمۡ
لَهُوَ
خَيۡرٞ
لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ
١٢٦
And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed.1 But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

The Command for Equality in Punishment

Allah commands justice in punishment and equity in settling the cases of rights. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that, concerning the Ayah,

فَعَاقِبُواْ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُمْ بِهِ

(then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted.) Ibn Sirin said, "I

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The Command for Equality in Punishment

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Chapter 16, Page 281, Juz 14

125. Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. 126. And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient. 127. And be patient, [O Muḥammad], and your patience is not but through Allāh. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire. 128. Indeed, Allāh is with those who fear Him and those who are doers of good.

- Saheeh International

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