Quran 42:41 — Ash-Shura, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is no cause to act against anyone who defends himself after being wronged,
وَلَمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ
walamani intaṣara baʿda ẓul'mihi fa-ulāika mā ʿalayhim min sabīlin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And whosoever helps himself after he has been wronged -- against them there is no way.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet indeed, as for any who defend themselves after having been wronged - no blame whatever attaches to them:
- Sahih International
- And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَنِwalamani | And surely whosoever | — |
| 2 | ٱنتَصَرَintaṣara | defends himself | نصر |
| 3 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 4 | ظُلْمِهِۦẓul'mihi | he has been wronged | ظلم |
| 5 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 6 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 7 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | (is) against them | — |
| 8 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 9 | سَبِيلٍsabīlin | way | سبل |