ٱلْبَقَرَة : ٢٦٣

  • قَوۡلٞ A word
  • مَّعۡرُوفٞ kind
  • وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ and (seeking) forgiveness
  • خَيۡرٞ (are) better
  • مِّن than
  • صَدَقَةٖ a charity
  • يَتۡبَعُهَآ followed [it]
  • أَذٗىۗ (by) hurt
  • وَٱللَّهُ And Allah
  • غَنِيٌّ (is) All-Sufficient
  • حَلِيمٞ All-Forbearing
Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing.
Honourable words, kind talk and a generous reply to the beggar, and forgiveness, towards him for his persistence, are better than a voluntary almsgiving followed by injury, through reproach and deriding him for his begging; and God is Independent, of the voluntary almsgiving of His servants, Forbearing, in His delaying the punishment of the reproachful and injurious one.