Study Mode · Ayah 2:263
Surah Al-Baqarah · 2:263
قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ يَتْبَعُهَا أَذًى ۗ وَاللَّهُ غَنِيٌّ حَلِيمٌ
Qawlum ma'roofunw wa maghfiratun khairum min sadaqatiny yatba'uhaaa azaa; wallaahu Ghaniyyun Haleem
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Saheeh International
Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing.
Yusuf Ali
Kind words and the covering of faults are better than charity followed by injury. Allah is free of all wants, and He is Most-Forbearing.
Pickthall
A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute, Clement.