Quran 22:60 — Al-Hajj, verse 60
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So it will be. God will help those who retaliate against an aggressive act merely with its like and are then wronged again: God is pardoning and most forgiving.
ذَٰلِكَ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِ ثُمَّ بُغِيَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنْصُرَنَّهُ اللَّهُ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ
dhālika waman ʿāqaba bimith'li mā ʿūqiba bihi thumma bughiya ʿalayhi layanṣurannahu l-lahu inna l-laha laʿafuwwun ghafūrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- All that; and whosoever chastises after the manner that he was chastised and then again is oppressed, assuredly God will help him; surely God is All-pardoning, All-forgiving.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thus shall it be. And as for him who responds to aggression only to the extent of the attack levelled against him, and is thereupon [again] treacherously attacked - God will most certainly succour him: for, behold, God is indeed an absolver of sins, much-forgiving.
- Sahih International
- That [is so]. And whoever responds [to injustice] with the equivalent of that with which he was harmed and then is tyrannized - Allāh will surely aid him. Indeed, Allāh is Pardoning and Forgiving.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | وَمَنْwaman | and whoever | — |
| 3 | عَاقَبَʿāqaba | has retaliated | عقب |
| 4 | بِمِثْلِbimith'li | with the like | مثل |
| 5 | مَاmā | (of) that | — |
| 6 | عُوقِبَʿūqiba | he was made to suffer | عقب |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | by it | — |
| 8 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 9 | بُغِىَbughiya | he was oppressed | بغي |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | [on him] | — |
| 11 | لَيَنصُرَنَّهُlayanṣurannahu | Allah will surely help him | نصر |
| 12 | ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu | Allah will surely help him | أله |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 14 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 15 | لَعَفُوٌّlaʿafuwwun | (is) surely Oft-Pardoning | عفو |
| 16 | غَفُورٌۭghafūrun | Oft-Forgiving | غفر |