Quran 2:263 — Al-Baqara, verse 263
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
A kind word and forgiveness is better than a charitable deed followed by hurtful [words]: God is self-sufficient, forbearing.
قَوْلٌ مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ
qawlun maʿrūfun wamaghfiratun khayrun min ṣadaqatin yatbaʿuhā adhan wal-lahu ghaniyyun ḥalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Honourable words, and forgiveness, are better than a freewill offering followed by injury; and God is All-sufficient, All-clement.
- Muhammad Asad
- A kind word and the veiling of another's want is better than a charitable deed followed by hurt; and God is self-sufficient, forbearing.
- Sahih International
- Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قَوْلٌۭqawlun | A word | قول |
| 2 | مَّعْرُوفٌۭmaʿrūfun | kind | عرف |
| 3 | وَمَغْفِرَةٌwamaghfiratun | and (seeking) forgiveness | غفر |
| 4 | خَيْرٌۭkhayrun | (are) better | خير |
| 5 | مِّنmin | than | — |
| 6 | صَدَقَةٍۢṣadaqatin | a charity | صدق |
| 7 | يَتْبَعُهَآyatbaʿuhā | followed [it] | تبع |
| 8 | أَذًۭى ۗadhan | (by) hurt | أذي |
| 9 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 10 | غَنِىٌّghaniyyun | (is) All-Sufficient | غني |
| 11 | حَلِيمٌۭḥalīmun | All-Forbearing | حلم |