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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Ash-Shuraa 42:37

Word by word

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَـٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا۟ هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ

And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

والذين يجتنبون كبائر ما نهى الله عنه، وما فَحُش وقَبُح من أنواع المعاصي، وإذا ما غضبوا على مَن أساء إليهم هم يغفرون الإساءة، ويصفحون عن عقوبة المسيء؛ طلبًا لثواب الله تعالى وعفوه، وهذا من محاسن الأخلاق.

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