Ash-Shuura 42:40 وجزاء سيية سيية مثلها فمن عفا واصلح فاجره على الله انه لا يحب الظالمين ٤٠
وَجَزَٰٓؤُاْ
سَيِّئَةٖ
سَيِّئَةٞ
مِّثۡلُهَاۖ
فَمَنۡ
عَفَا
وَأَصۡلَحَ
فَأَجۡرُهُۥ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُحِبُّ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
٤٠
The reward of an evil deed is its equivalent. But whoever pardons and seeks reconciliation, then their reward is with Allah. He certainly does not like the wrongdoers.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allāh. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoers
وَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا
(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like the Ayat:
فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ
(Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you
…Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoers
وَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا
(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like
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