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Fussilat 41:34

وَلَا تَسۡتَوِي ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِي هِيَ أَحۡسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِي بَيۡنَكَ وَبَيۡنَهُۥ عَدَٰوَةٞ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٞ

Good and evil cannot be equal. Respond ˹to evil˺ with what is best, then the one you are in a feud with will be like a close friend.

Word by word

وَلَا
walā
And not
Vocabulary
تَسۡتَوِي
tastawī
are equal
Vocabulary
Root: سوي
ٱلۡحَسَنَةُ
l-ḥasanatu
the good (deed)
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
وَلَا
walā
and
Vocabulary
ٱلسَّيِّئَةُۚ
l-sayi-atu
the evil (deed)
Vocabulary
Root: سوا
ٱدۡفَعۡ
id'faʿ
Repel
Vocabulary
Root: دفع
بِٱلَّتِي
bi-allatī
by (that) which
Vocabulary
هِيَ
hiya
[it]
Vocabulary
أَحۡسَنُ
aḥsanu
(is) better
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
then behold!
Vocabulary
ٱلَّذِي
alladhī
One who
Vocabulary
بَيۡنَكَ
baynaka
between you
Vocabulary
Root: بين
وَبَيۡنَهُۥ
wabaynahu
and between him
Vocabulary
عَدَٰوَةٞ
ʿadāwatun
(was) enmity
Vocabulary
Root: عدو
كَأَنَّهُۥ
ka-annahu
as if he
Vocabulary
وَلِيٌّ
waliyyun
(was) a friend
Vocabulary
Root: ولي
حَمِيمٞ
ḥamīmun
intimate
Vocabulary
Root: حمم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.