The Holy Quran 4:149 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

إِن تُبْدُوا۟ خَيْرًا أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ أَوْ تَعْفُوا۟ عَن سُوٓءٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَفُوًّا قَدِيرًا

Translation

If you do good openly or secretly or if you pardon evil, then indeed Allaah is Pardoning, All Powerful (Allaah pardons people even though He has all the power to punish them).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Forgiving evil is better: in this verse the aim is to encourage the wronged person to forgive: if Almighty Allah, being Mighty and All-Powerful, forgives the faults of those who err, then a subordinate and helpless servant has all the more reason to pardon the wrongs of others.

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