لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ

If you were to retaliate, retaliate to the same degree as the injury done to you. But if you resort to patience—it is better for the patient

If ye punish, then punish with the like of that wherewith ye were afflicted. But if ye endure patiently, verily it is better for the patient

If ye make reprisals, then make them to the same extent that ye were injured: but if ye can endure patiently, best will it be for the patiently enduring

But if ye punish, punish (only) as ye were punished; but if ye are patient, it is best for those who are patient

and if you retaliated retaliate by like what was retaliated in it and if indeed you were steadfast surely he good for the one who is steadfasts

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