Fussilat 41:34
Explained in Detail · Meccan · Juz 24 · Page 480
Repel Evil with Good
وَلَا تَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةࣱ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمࣱ ٣٤
The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Repel evil with what is better, and the one between whom and you is enmity becomes as a devoted friend.
Insight
According to Elmalılı, good and evil are not equal, nor is every good or every evil the same; one must repel evil with the best.
Reflect
Respond to someone’s harm with kindness today.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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