Fussilat 41:34 ولا تستوي الحسنة ولا السيية ادفع بالتي هي احسن فاذا الذي بينك وبينه عداوة كانه ولي حميم ٣٤

41:34

وَلَا

تَسۡتَوِي

ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ

وَلَا

ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ

ٱدۡفَعۡ

بِٱلَّتِي

هِيَ

أَحۡسَنُ

فَإِذَا

ٱلَّذِي

بَيۡنَكَ

وَبَيۡنَهُۥ

عَدَٰوَةٞ

كَأَنَّهُۥ

وَلِيٌّ

حَمِيمٞ

٣٤

And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.

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(and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the

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Chapter 41, Page 480, Juz 24

33. And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allāh and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims." 34. And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend. 35. But none is granted it except those who are patient, and none is granted it except one having a great portion [of good]. 36. And if there comes to you from Satan an evil suggestion, then seek refuge in Allāh. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing. 37. And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostrate to Allāh, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship. 38. But if they are arrogant - then those who are near your Lord [i.e., the angels] exalt Him by night and by day, and they do not become weary. 39. And of His signs is that you see the earth stilled, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and grows. Indeed, He who has given it life is the Giver of Life to the dead. Indeed, He is over all things competent. 40. Indeed, those who inject deviation into Our verses are not concealed from Us. So, is he who is cast into the Fire better or he who comes secure on the Day of Resurrection? Do whatever you will; indeed, He is Seeing of what you do. 41. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the message [i.e., the Qur’ān] after it has come to them... And indeed, it is a mighty Book. 42. Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy. 43. Nothing is said to you, [O Muḥammad], except what was already said to the messengers before you. Indeed, your Lord is a possessor of forgiveness and a possessor of painful penalty. 44. And if We had made it a foreign [i.e., non-Arabic] Qur’ān, they would have said, "Why are its verses not explained in detail [in our language]? Is it a foreign [recitation] and an Arab [messenger]?" Say, "It is, for those who believe, a guidance and cure." And those who do not believe - in their ears is deafness, and it is upon them blindness. Those are being called from a distant place.

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