As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no blame on them.
Ash-Shura 42:41
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وَلَمَنِ انْتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ
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As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no blame on them.
If someone defends themselves after being treated unfairly, there's nothing wrong with that.
There is no blame on those who defend themselves after being wronged.
Whoever defends himself after being wronged — against those there is no blame.
As for those who retaliate after being wronged: there is no blame on them.
As for those who retaliate after being wronged: there is no blame on them.
And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].
And indeed whosoever takes revenge after he has suffered wrong, for such there is no way (of blame) against them.
But whoever retaliates after being wronged, there is no blame on them.
But indeed if any do help and defend themselves after a wrong (done) to them, against such there is no cause of blame.
And whoso defendeth himself after he hath suffered wrong - for such, there is no way (of blame) against them.
Those who defend themselves after they have been wronged cannot be held blameworthy,
There is no blame against him who avenges himself after he has been wronged.
As for those who retaliate after being wronged, there is no ground for action against them.
Walamani intasara baAAda thulmihi faolaika ma AAalayhim min sabeelin