Ash-Shuraa 42:40 وجزاء سيية سيية مثلها فمن عفا واصلح فاجره على الله انه لا يحب الظالمين ٤٠
وَجَزَٰٓؤُاْ
سَيِّئَةٖ
سَيِّئَةٞ
مِّثۡلُهَاۖ
فَمَنۡ
عَفَا
وَأَصۡلَحَ
فَأَجۡرُهُۥ
عَلَى
ٱللَّهِۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
لَا
يُحِبُّ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
٤٠
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.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoers
وَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا
(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like the Ayat:
فَمَنِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ فَاعْتَدُواْ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا اعْتَدَى عَلَيْكُمْ
(Then whoever transgresses the prohibition against you, you
…Forgiving or exacting Revenge on Wrongdoers
وَجَزَآءُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا
(The recompense for an evil is an evil like thereof). This is like
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