Good and evil are not equal. Repel evil with good, and the person who was your enemy becomes like an intimate friend.
Fussilat 41:34
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وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ
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Good and evil are not equal. Repel evil with good, and the person who was your enemy becomes like an intimate friend.
Good actions and bad actions aren't the same. When someone treats you badly, respond with kindness. Then, the one who was your enemy will become like a close friend.
Good and evil are not equal. Respond to evil with what is better — then the one who was your enemy will become like a close, caring friend.
Good and evil are not equal. Repel with what is better, and the one between whom and you there was enmity will become like a close, intimate friend.
Good and evil are not equal. Repel by what is better, and the person who was your enemy will become like an intimate friend.
Good and evil are not equal. Repel by what is better, and the person who was your enemy will become like an intimate friend.
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.
The good deed and the evil deed cannot be equal. Repel (the evil) with one which is better (i.e. Allâh orders the faithful believers to be patient at the time of anger, and to excuse those who treat them badly) then verily he, between whom and you there was enmity, (will become) as though he was a close friend.
Good and evil are not equal. Repel evil with what is good; the one whom you have enmity with will become as if he were a close friend.
Nor can goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: Then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!
The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.
Good and evil deeds are not equal. Repel evil with what is better; then you will see that one who was once your enemy has become your dearest friend,
(O Prophet), good and evil are not equal. Repel (evil) with that which is good, and you will see that he, between whom and you there was enmity, shall become as if he were a bosom friend (of yours).
Good and evil [conduct] are not equal. Repel [evil] with what is best. [If you do so,] he between whom and you was enmity, will then be as though he were a sympathetic friend.
Wala tastawee alhasanatu wala alssayyiatu idfaAA biallatee hiya ahsanu faitha allathee baynaka wabaynahu AAadawatun kaannahu waliyyun hameemun