Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:126

16:126

وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

wa-in ʿāqabtum faʿāqibū bimith'li mā ʿūqib'tum bihi wala-in ṣabartum lahuwa khayrun lilṣṣābirīna

And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

— Saheeh International

If you [believers] have to respond to an attack, make your response proportionate, but it is best to stand fast.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if you punish (your enemy, O you believers in the Oneness of Allâh), then punish them with the like of that with which you were afflicted. But if you endure patiently, verily, it is better for As-Sâbirûn (the patient).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِنْwa-inAnd if
عَاقَبْتُمْʿāqabtumyou retaliate
فَعَاقِبُوا۟faʿāqibūthen retaliate
بِمِثْلِbimith'liwith the like
مَاmāof what
عُوقِبْتُمʿūqib'tumyou were afflicted
بِهِۦۖbihiwith [it]
وَلَئِنwala-inBut if
صَبَرْتُمْṣabartumyou are patient
لَهُوَlahuwasurely (it) is
خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter
لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَlilṣṣābirīnafor those who are patient