Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 96 (23:96)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ ۚ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَصِفُونَ

Quran 23:96 is ayah 96 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 348 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:96
ٱدْفَعْبِٱلَّتِىهِىَأَحْسَنُٱلسَّيِّئَةَ ۚنَحْنُأَعْلَمُبِمَايَصِفُونَ٩٦
id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūna

Repel, by [means of] what is best, [their] evil. We are most knowing of what they describe.(96)

Word by word

  1. ٱدْفَعْid'faʿRepel
  2. بِٱلَّتِىbi-allatīby that
  3. هِىَhiyawhich
  4. أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) best
  5. ٱلسَّيِّئَةَ ۚl-sayi-atathe evil
  6. نَحْنُnaḥnuWe
  7. أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknow best
  8. بِمَاbimāof what
  9. يَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute

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