Quran Verses about Injustice and wrongdoing
The Quran forbids wronging others, such as consuming the property of orphans and of others unjustly, aggression against others, taking usury, harming one's wife, punishing the innocent and withholding the rights of the poor, and forbids cooperating in aggression. The verses affirm that Allah does not love the wrongdoers and is not heedless of what they do, and that punishment for wrongdoing can strike widely; the believers must not incline toward the wrongdoers. Those who are wronged may defend themselves with an equal response, though forgiving and patience are better, as in the prayers of the oppressed who sought refuge from wrongdoing people such as Pharaoh.
The prohibition of wronging others
وَإِذَا طَلَّقۡتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَبَلَغۡنَ أَجَلَهُنَّ فَأَمۡسِكُوهُنَّ بِمَعۡرُوفٍ أَوۡ سَرِّحُوهُنَّ بِمَعۡرُوفٖۚ وَلَا تُمۡسِكُوهُنَّ ضِرَارٗا لِّتَعۡتَدُواْۚ وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ فَقَدۡ ظَلَمَ نَفۡسَهُۥۚ وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ هُزُوٗاۚ وَٱذۡكُرُواْ نِعۡمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَمَآ أَنزَلَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ يَعِظُكُم بِهِۦۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٞ ٢٣١
Wa idhā ṭallaqtumun-nisāʾa fabalaghna ajalahunna fa amsikūhunna bimaʿrūfin aw sarriḥūhunna bimaʿrūf, wa lā tumsikūhunna ḍirāral litaʿtadū, wa may yafʿal dhālika faqad ẓalama nafsah, wa lā tattakhidhū āyātillāhi huzuwā, wadhkurū niʿmatallāhi ʿalaykum wa mā anzala ʿalaykum minal-kitābi wal-ḥikmati yaʿiẓukum bih, wattaqullāha waʿlamū annallāha bikulli shayʾin ʿalīm.
And when you divorce women and they have [nearly] fulfilled their term, either retain them according to acceptable terms or release them according to acceptable terms, and do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them]. And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself. And do not take the verses of Allāh in jest. And remember the favor of Allāh upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the Prophet's sunnah] by which He instructs you. And fear Allāh and know that Allāh is Knowing of all things.
فَإِن لَّمۡ تَفۡعَلُواْ فَأۡذَنُواْ بِحَرۡبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦۖ وَإِن تُبۡتُمۡ فَلَكُمۡ رُءُوسُ أَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ لَا تَظۡلِمُونَ وَلَا تُظۡلَمُونَ ٢٧٩
Fa il lam tafʿalū faʾdhanū biḥarbim minallāhi wa rasūlih, wa in tubtum falakum ruʾūsu amwālikum lā taẓlimūna wa lā tuẓlamūn.
And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأۡكُلُونَ أَمۡوَٰلَ ٱلۡيَتَٰمَىٰ ظُلۡمًا إِنَّمَا يَأۡكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمۡ نَارٗاۖ وَسَيَصۡلَوۡنَ سَعِيرٗا ١٠
Innal-ladhīna yaʾkulūna amwālal-yatāmā ẓulman innamā yaʾkulūna fī buṭūnihim nārā, wa sayaṣlawna saʿīrā.
Indeed, those who devour the property of orphans unjustly are only consuming into their bellies fire. And they will be burned in a Blaze [i.e., Hellfire].
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تَأۡكُلُوٓاْ أَمۡوَٰلَكُم بَيۡنَكُم بِٱلۡبَٰطِلِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَٰرَةً عَن تَرَاضٖ مِّنكُمۡۚ وَلَا تَقۡتُلُوٓاْ أَنفُسَكُمۡۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمۡ رَحِيمٗا ٢٩
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā taʾkulū amwālakum baynakum bil-bāṭili illā an takūna tijāratan ʿan tarāḍim minkum, wa lā taqtulū anfusakum, innallāha kāna bikum raḥīmā.
O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly1 but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allāh is to you ever Merciful.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., unlawfully or under false pretense.
وَمَن يَفۡعَلۡ ذَٰلِكَ عُدۡوَٰنٗا وَظُلۡمٗا فَسَوۡفَ نُصۡلِيهِ نَارٗاۚ وَكَانَ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرًا ٣٠
Wa may yafʿal dhālika ʿudwānaw wa ẓulman fasawfa nuṣlīhi nārā, wa kāna dhālika ʿalallāhi yasīrā.
And whoever does that in aggression and injustice - then We will drive him into a Fire. And that, for Allāh, is [always] easy.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لَا تُحِلُّواْ شَعَٰٓئِرَ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا ٱلشَّهۡرَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ وَلَا ٱلۡهَدۡيَ وَلَا ٱلۡقَلَٰٓئِدَ وَلَآ ءَآمِّينَ ٱلۡبَيۡتَ ٱلۡحَرَامَ يَبۡتَغُونَ فَضۡلٗا مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرِضۡوَٰنٗاۚ وَإِذَا حَلَلۡتُمۡ فَٱصۡطَادُواْۚ وَلَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شَنَـَٔانُ قَوۡمٍ أَن صَدُّوكُمۡ عَنِ ٱلۡمَسۡجِدِ ٱلۡحَرَامِ أَن تَعۡتَدُواْۘ وَتَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقۡوَىٰۖ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُواْ عَلَى ٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِۚ وَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٢
Yāʾayyuhal-ladhīna āmanū lā tuḥillū shaʿāʾirallāhi wa lash-shahral-ḥarāma wa lal-hadya wa lal-qalāʾida wa lā āmmīnal-baytal-ḥarāma yabtaghūna faḍlam mir rabbihim wa riḍwānā, wa idhā ḥalaltum faṣṭādū, wa lā yajrimannakum shanaʾānu qawmin an ṣaddūkum ʿanil-masjidil-ḥarāmi an taʿtadū, wa taʿāwanū ʿalal-birri wat-taqwā, wa lā taʿāwanū ʿalal-ithmi wal-ʿudwān, wattaqullāh, innallāha shadīdul-ʿiqāb.
O you who have believed, do not violate the rites of Allāh or [the sanctity of] the sacred month or [neglect the marking of] the sacrificial animals and garlanding [them] or [violate the safety of] those coming to the Sacred House seeking bounty from their Lord and [His] approval. But when you come out of iḥrām, then [you may] hunt. And do not let the hatred of a people for having obstructed you from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām lead you to transgress. And cooperate in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression. And fear Allāh; indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.
وَلَا تَطۡرُدِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدۡعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلۡغَدَوٰةِ وَٱلۡعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجۡهَهُۥۖ مَا عَلَيۡكَ مِنۡ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖ وَمَا مِنۡ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيۡهِم مِّن شَيۡءٖ فَتَطۡرُدَهُمۡ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٥٢
Wa lā taṭrudil-ladhīna yadʿūna rabbahum bil-ghadāti wal-ʿashiyyi yurīdūna wajhah, mā ʿalayka min ḥisābihim min shayʾiw wa mā min ḥisābika ʿalayhim min shayʾin fataṭrudahum fatakūna minaẓ-ẓālimīn.
And do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His face [i.e., favor]. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account.1 So were you to send them away, you would [then] be of the wrongdoers.
Footnotes (1)
- No one is held accountable for the deeds or intentions of another. That is left to Allāh's judgement.
قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ أَن نَّأۡخُذَ إِلَّا مَن وَجَدۡنَا مَتَٰعَنَا عِندَهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذٗا لَّظَٰلِمُونَ ٧٩
Qāla maʿādhallāhi an naʾkhudha illā maw wajadnā matāʿanā ʿindahū innā idhal laẓālimūn.
He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh [to prevent] that we take except him with whom we found our possession. Indeed, we would then be unjust."
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأۡمُرُ بِٱلۡعَدۡلِ وَٱلۡإِحۡسَٰنِ وَإِيتَآيِٕ ذِي ٱلۡقُرۡبَىٰ وَيَنۡهَىٰ عَنِ ٱلۡفَحۡشَآءِ وَٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَٱلۡبَغۡيِۚ يَعِظُكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَذَكَّرُونَ ٩٠
Innallāha yaʾmuru bil-ʿadli wal-iḥsāni wa ītāʾi dhil-qurbā wa yanhā ʿanil-faḥshāʾi wal-munkari wal-baghy, yaʿiẓukum laʿallakum tadhakkarūn.
Indeed, Allāh orders justice and good conduct and giving [help] to relatives and forbids immorality and bad conduct and oppression. He admonishes you that perhaps you will be reminded.
قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ٢٩
Qālū subḥāna rabbinā innā kunnā ẓālimīn.
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
The warning and the consequences for wrongdoers
وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن مَّنَعَ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ أَن يُذۡكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسۡمُهُۥ وَسَعَىٰ فِي خَرَابِهَآۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمۡ أَن يَدۡخُلُوهَآ إِلَّا خَآئِفِينَۚ لَهُمۡ فِي ٱلدُّنۡيَا خِزۡيٞ وَلَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ ١١٤
Wa man aẓlamu mimmam manaʿa masājidallāhi ay yudhkara fīhasmuhū wa saʿā fī kharābihā, ulāʾika mā kāna lahum ay yadkhulūhā illā khāʾifīn, lahum fid-dunyā khizyuw wa lahum fil-ākhirati ʿadhābun ʿaẓīm.
And who are more unjust than those who prevent the name of Allāh from being mentioned [i.e., praised] in His mosques and strive toward their destruction. It is not for them to enter them except in fear. For them in this world is disgrace, and they will have in the Hereafter a great punishment.
إِنِّيٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثۡمِي وَإِثۡمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنۡ أَصۡحَٰبِ ٱلنَّارِۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَٰٓؤُاْ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٢٩
Innī urīdu an tabūʾa biʾithmī wa ithmika fatakūna min aṣḥābin-nār, wa dhālika jazāʾuẓ-ẓālimīn.
Indeed, I want you to obtain [thereby] my sin and your sin so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of wrongdoers."
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُوَلِّي بَعۡضَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ بَعۡضَۢا بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ١٢٩
Wa kadhālika nuwallī baʿḍaẓ-ẓālimīna baʿḍam bimā kānū yaksibūn.
And thus will We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they used to earn.1
Footnotes (1)
- Another interpretation pertaining to this world is "And thus do We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others for what they have been earning."
وَٱتَّقُواْ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّا تُصِيبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنكُمۡ خَآصَّةٗۖ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ ٢٥
Wattaqū fitnatal lā tuṣībannal-ladhīna ẓalamū minkum khāṣṣah, waʿlamū annallāha shadīdul-ʿiqāb.
And fear a trial1 which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allāh is severe in penalty.
Footnotes (1)
- i.e., an affliction or punishment during life upon this earth. When corruption spreads among a people, its consequences will affect everyone.
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخۡذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَهِيَ ظَٰلِمَةٌۚ إِنَّ أَخۡذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٞ شَدِيدٌ ١٠٢
Wa kadhālika akhdhu rabbika idhā akhadhal-qurā wa hiya ẓālimah, inna akhdhahū alīmun shadīd.
And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.
وَلَا تَرۡكَنُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ فَتَمَسَّكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِنۡ أَوۡلِيَآءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ ١١٣
Wa lā tarkanū ilal-ladhīna ẓalamū fatamassakumun-nāru wa mā lakum min dūnillāhi min awliyāʾa thumma lā tunṣarūn.
And do not incline toward those who do wrong, lest you be touched by the Fire, and you would not have other than Allāh any protectors; then you would not be helped.
فَلَوۡلَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡقُرُونِ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۡ أُوْلُواْ بَقِيَّةٖ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡفَسَادِ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّنۡ أَنجَيۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡۗ وَٱتَّبَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مَآ أُتۡرِفُواْ فِيهِ وَكَانُواْ مُجۡرِمِينَ ١١٦
Falawlā kāna minal-qurūni min qablikum ulū baqiyyatiy yanhawna ʿanil-fasādi fil-arḍi illā qalīlam mimman anjaynā minhum, wattabaʿal-ladhīna ẓalamū mā utrifū fīhi wa kānū mujrimīn.
So why were there not1 among the generations before you those of enduring discrimination forbidding corruption on earth - except a few of those We saved from among them? But those who wronged pursued what luxury they were given therein, and they were criminals.
Footnotes (1)
- Meaning "If only there had been..."
وَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَٰفِلًا عَمَّا يَعۡمَلُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمۡ لِيَوۡمٖ تَشۡخَصُ فِيهِ ٱلۡأَبۡصَٰرُ ٤٢
Wa lā taḥsabannallāha ghāfilan ʿammā yaʿmaluẓ-ẓālimūn, innamā yuʾakhkhiruhum liyawmin tashkhaṣu fīhil-abṣār.
And never think that Allāh is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them [i.e., their account] for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرٗا وَٱنتَصَرُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا ظُلِمُواْۗ وَسَيَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ أَيَّ مُنقَلَبٖ يَنقَلِبُونَ ٢٢٧
Illal-ladhīna āmanū wa ʿamiluṣ-ṣāliḥāti wa dhakarullāha kathīraw wantaṣarū mim baʿdi mā ẓulimū, wa sayaʿlamul-ladhīna ẓalamū ayya munqalabiy yanqalibūn.
Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allāh often and defend [the Muslims]1 after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned.
Footnotes (1)
- By replying through poetry to the attacks of hostile poets.
Pharaoh's oppression of the Children of Israel
وَإِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئۡتِ ٱلۡقَوۡمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١٠
Wa idh nādā rabbuka mūsā aniʾtil-qawmaẓ-ẓālimīn.
And [mention] when your Lord called Moses, [saying], "Go to the wrongdoing people -
إِنَّ فِرۡعَوۡنَ عَلَا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَجَعَلَ أَهۡلَهَا شِيَعٗا يَسۡتَضۡعِفُ طَآئِفَةٗ مِّنۡهُمۡ يُذَبِّحُ أَبۡنَآءَهُمۡ وَيَسۡتَحۡيِۦ نِسَآءَهُمۡۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُفۡسِدِينَ ٤
Inna firʿawna ʿalā fil-arḍi wa jaʿala ahlahā shiyaʿay yastaḍʿifu ṭāʾifatam minhum yudhabbiḥu abnāʾahum wa yastaḥyī nisāʾahum, innahū kāna minal-mufsidīn.
Indeed, Pharaoh exalted himself in the land and made its people into factions, oppressing a sector among them, slaughtering their [newborn] sons and keeping their females alive. Indeed, he was of the corrupters.
فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٠
Fa akhadhnāhu wa junūdahū fanabadhnāhum fil-yamm, fanẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatuẓ-ẓālimīn.
So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea.1 So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.
Footnotes (1)
- Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) caused them to leave all their worldly wealth behind and enter the sea in pursuit of the Children of Israel. See 26:52-66.
The response and prayer of the oppressed
وَمَا لَكُمۡ لَا تُقَٰتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلۡمُسۡتَضۡعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلۡوِلۡدَٰنِ ٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ أَخۡرِجۡنَا مِنۡ هَٰذِهِ ٱلۡقَرۡيَةِ ٱلظَّالِمِ أَهۡلُهَا وَٱجۡعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيّٗا وَٱجۡعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا ٧٥
Wa mā lakum lā tuqātilūna fī sabīlillāhi wal-mustaḍʿafīna minar-rijāli wan-nisāʾi wal-wildānil-ladhīna yaqūlūna rabbanā akhrijnā min hādhihil-qaryatiẓ-ẓālimi ahluhā wajʿal lanā mil ladunka waliyyaw wajʿal lanā mil ladunka naṣīrā.
And what is [the matter] with you that you fight not in the cause of Allāh and [for] the oppressed among men, women and children who say, "Our Lord, take us out of this city of oppressive people and appoint for us from Yourself a protector and appoint for us from Yourself a helper"?
۞ لَّا يُحِبُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلۡجَهۡرَ بِٱلسُّوٓءِ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡلِ إِلَّا مَن ظُلِمَۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ سَمِيعًا عَلِيمًا ١٤٨
Lā yuḥibbullāhul-jahra bis-sūʾi minal-qawli illā man ẓulim, wa kānallāhu samīʿan ʿalīmā.
Allāh does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged. And ever is Allāh Hearing and Knowing.
فَقَالُواْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجۡعَلۡنَا فِتۡنَةٗ لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٥
Faqālū ʿalallāhi tawakkalnā rabbanā lā tajʿalnā fitnatal lil-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.
So they said, "Upon Allāh do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people
أُذِنَ لِلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتَلُونَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ ظُلِمُواْۚ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ نَصۡرِهِمۡ لَقَدِيرٌ ٣٩
Udhina lil-ladhīna yuqātalūna biʾannahum ẓulimū, wa innallāha ʿalā naṣrihim laqadīr.
Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought,1 because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is competent to give them victory.
Footnotes (1)
- Referring here to the Prophet's companions.
وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلۡبَغۡيُ هُمۡ يَنتَصِرُونَ ٣٩
Wal-ladhīna idhā aṣābahumul-baghyu hum yantaṣirūn.
And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they retaliate [in a just manner].1
Footnotes (1)
- Restoring their rights and not allowing aggressors to take advantage of them out of weakness.
وَجَزَٰٓؤُاْ سَيِّئَةٖ سَيِّئَةٞ مِّثۡلُهَاۖ فَمَنۡ عَفَا وَأَصۡلَحَ فَأَجۡرُهُۥ عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٠
Wa jazāʾu sayyiʾatin sayyiʾatum mithluhā, faman ʿafā wa aṣlaḥa fa ajruhū ʿalallāh, innahū lā yuḥibbuẓ-ẓālimīn.
And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation - his reward is [due] from Allāh. Indeed, He does not like wrongdoers.
وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعۡدَ ظُلۡمِهِۦ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيۡهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ ٤١
Wa lamanintaṣara baʿda ẓulmihī fa ulāʾika mā ʿalayhim min sabīl.
And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].
إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظۡلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبۡغُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ بِغَيۡرِ ٱلۡحَقِّۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ٤٢
Innamas-sabīlu ʿalal-ladhīna yaẓlimūnan-nāsa wa yabghūna fil-arḍi bighayril-ḥaqq, ulāʾika lahum ʿadhābun alīm.
The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.
وَلَمَن صَبَرَ وَغَفَرَ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمِنۡ عَزۡمِ ٱلۡأُمُورِ ٤٣
Wa laman ṣabara wa ghafara inna dhālika lamin ʿazmil-umūr.
And whoever is patient and forgives - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of resolve.1
Footnotes (1)
- On the part of those seeking the reward of Allāh.
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱمۡرَأَتَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ إِذۡ قَالَتۡ رَبِّ ٱبۡنِ لِي عِندَكَ بَيۡتٗا فِي ٱلۡجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِي مِن فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِي مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ١١
Wa ḍaraballāhu mathalal lil-ladhīna āmanumraʾata firʿawna idh qālat rabbibni lī ʿindaka baytan fil-jannati wa najjinī min firʿawna wa ʿamalihī wa najjinī minal-qawmiẓ-ẓālimīn.
And Allāh presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, "My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his deeds and save me from the wrongdoing people."