An-Nisa 4:149 ان تبدوا خيرا او تخفوه او تعفوا عن سوء فان الله كان عفوا قديرا ١٤٩
إِن
تُبۡدُواْ
خَيۡرًا
أَوۡ
تُخۡفُوهُ
أَوۡ
تَعۡفُواْ
عَن
سُوٓءٖ
فَإِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
عَفُوّٗا
قَدِيرًا
١٤٩
(Even though you have the right to speak evil if you are wronged), if you keep doing good -whether openly or secretly -or at least pardon the evil (then that is the attribute of Allah). Allah is All-Pardoning and He has all the power to chastise.1
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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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