إِن
تُبۡدُواْ
خَيۡرًا
أَوۡ
تُخۡفُوهُ
أَوۡ
تَعۡفُواْ
عَن
سُوٓءٖ
فَإِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
عَفُوّٗا
قَدِيرًا
١٤٩
If ye do good openly or keep it secret, or forgive evil, lo! Allah is ever Forgiving, Powerful.
— M. Pickthall
If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allāh is ever Pardoning and Competent.1
— Saheeh International
Whether ye publish a good deed or conceal it or cover evil with pardon, verily Allah doth blot out (sins) and hath power (in the judgment of values).
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Permission to Utter Evil in Public, For One Who Was Wronged
`Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,
لاَّ يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ الْجَهْرَ بِالسُّوءِ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ
(Allah does not like that the evil should be uttered in public) "Allah does not like that any one should invoke Him ag
…The Permission to Utter Evil in Public, For One Who Was Wronged
`Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn `Abbas commented on the Ayah,
لاَّ يُحِبُّ اللَّهُ الْ
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