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An-Nahl (The Bee) · Ayah 126

وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَ 126

And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

وَإِنْwa-inAnd if

عَاقَبْتُمْʿāqabtumyou retaliate

عقب'-q-bverb

فَعَاقِبُوا۟faʿāqibūthen retaliate

عقب'-q-bverb

بِمِثْلِbimith'liwith the like

مثلm-th-lnoun

مَاmāof what

noun

عُوقِبْتُمʿūqib'tumyou were afflicted

عقب'-q-bverb

بِهِۦ ۖbihiwith [it]

noun

وَلَئِنwala-inBut if

صَبَرْتُمْṣabartumyou are patient

صبرs-b-rverb

لَهُوَlahuwasurely (it) is

noun

خَيْرٌۭkhayrunbetter

خيرkh-y-rnoun

لِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَlilṣṣābirīnafor those who are patient

صبرs-b-rnoun

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