Quran 42:40 — Ash-Shura, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Let harm be requited by an equal harm, though anyone who forgives and puts things right will have his reward from God Himself––He does not like those who do wrong.
وَجَزَاءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِثْلُهَا ۖ فَمَنْ عَفَا وَأَصْلَحَ فَأَجْرُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَا يُحِبُّ الظَّالِمِينَ
wajazāu sayyi-atin sayyi-atun mith'luhā faman ʿafā wa-aṣlaḥa fa-ajruhu ʿalā l-lahi innahu lā yuḥibbu l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and the recompense of evil is evil the like of it; but whoso pardons and puts things right, his wage falls upon God; surely He loves not the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- But [remember that an attempt at] requiting evil may, too, become an evil: hence, whoever pardons [his foe] and makes peace, his reward rests with God - for, verily, He does not love evildoers.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟wajazāu | (The) recompense | جزي |
| 2 | سَيِّئَةٍۢsayyi-atin | (of) an evil | سوأ |
| 3 | سَيِّئَةٌۭsayyi-atun | (is) an evil | سوأ |
| 4 | مِّثْلُهَا ۖmith'luhā | like it | مثل |
| 5 | فَمَنْfaman | But whoever | — |
| 6 | عَفَاʿafā | pardons | عفو |
| 7 | وَأَصْلَحَwa-aṣlaḥa | and makes reconciliation | صلح |
| 8 | فَأَجْرُهُۥfa-ajruhu | then his reward | أجر |
| 9 | عَلَىʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 11 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 13 | يُحِبُّyuḥibbu | like | حبب |
| 14 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |