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

Ash-Shuraa 42:40

Word by word

وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا ۖ فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

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.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وجزاء سيئة المسيء عقوبته بسيئة مثلها من غير زيادة، فمن عفا عن المسيء، وترك عقابه، وأصلح الودَّ بينه وبين المعفو عنه ابتغاء وجه الله، فأَجْرُ عفوه ذلك على الله. إن الله لا يحب الظالمين الذين يبدؤون بالعدوان على الناس، ويسيئون إليهم.

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