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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 2:263 | |
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| 2:263 قول معروف ومغفرة خير من صدقة يتبعها اذى والله غني حليم | |
| Transliteration | Qawlun maAAroofun wamaghfiratun khayrun min sadaqatin yatbaAAuha athan waAllahu ghaniyyun haleemun |
| Literal | (A) saying/word (of) kindness and forgiveness (is) better from (than) (a) charity following it mild harm, and God (is) rich, clement . |
| 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. |
| Pickthal | A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute, Clement. |
| Arberry | Honourable words, and forgiveness, are better than a freewill offering followed by injury; and God is All-sufficient, All-clement. |
| Shakir | Kind speech and forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury; and Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing. |
| Sarwar | Instructive words and forgiveness are better than charity that may cause an insult to the recipient. God is Rich and Forbearing. |
| Khalifa | Kind words and compassion are better than a charity that is followed by insult. GOD is Rich, Clement. |
| Hilali/Khan | Kind words and forgiving of faults are better than Sadaqah (charity) followed by injury. And Allah is Rich (Free of all wants) and He is Most-Forbearing. |
| H/K/Saheeh | Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Free of need and Forbearing. |
| Malik | Kind words and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing.[263] |
| QXP | Kind words and respecting people's honor is better than charity coupled with injury. Allah, the Rich, the Clement, provides everyone without return or obligation. |
| Maulana Ali | A kind word with forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury. And Allah is Self-sufficient, Forbearing. |
| Free Minds | Kind words and forgiveness is far better than a charity that is followed by harm. God is Rich, Compassionate. |
| Qaribullah | A kind word and forgiveness is better than charity followed by injury. Allah is the Clement. |
| George Sale | A fait speech, and to forgive, is better than alms followed by mischief. God is rich and merciful. |
| JM Rodwell | A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury. God is Rich, Clement. |
| Asad | A kind word and the veiling of another's want is better than a charitable deed followed by hurt; and God is self-sufficient, forbearing. |
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