Ash-Shurá 42:42 انما السبيل على الذين يظلمون الناس ويبغون في الارض بغير الحق اولايك لهم عذاب اليم ٤٢
إِنَّمَا
ٱلسَّبِيلُ
عَلَى
ٱلَّذِينَ
يَظۡلِمُونَ
ٱلنَّاسَ
وَيَبۡغُونَ
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
بِغَيۡرِ
ٱلۡحَقِّۚ
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
لَهُمۡ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٞ
٤٢
Blame is only on those who wrong people and transgress in the land unjustly. It is they who will suffer a painful punishment.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.
— Saheeh International
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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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