Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:96 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 96 / 118 · Page 348
ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ السَّيِّئَةَ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ
Word by Word
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ادْفَعْ
id'fa'
Repel
بِالَّتِي
bi-allati
by that
هِيَ
hiya
which
أَحْسَنُ
ahsanu
(is) best
السَّيِّئَةَ
al-sayi-ata
the evil
نَحْنُ
nahnu
We
أَعْلَمُ
a'lamu
know best
بِمَا
bima
of what
يَصِفُونَ
yasifuna
they attribute
Transliteration
Idfa' billate hiya ahsanus saiyi'ah; nahnu a'lamu bimaa yasifoon
Translation
Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O Messenger, repel the one who is bad to you by the characteristic which is better, namely turning away from him and being patient with his harm. I know best the associating partners and denial they describe, and the unbefitting things they describe you with such as magic and insanity.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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