Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[But whatever they may say or do,] repel the evil [which they commit] with something that is better: We are fully aware of what they attribute [to Us]
Arthur John Arberry
Repel thou the evil with that which is fairer. We Ourselves know very well that they describe
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Repel evil with that which is best: We are well acquainted with the things they say
Arabic
ٱدۡفَعۡ بِٱلَّتِی هِیَ أَحۡسَنُ ٱلسَّیِّئَةَۚ نَحۡنُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا یَصِفُونَ ٩٦
Transliteration (2021)
id'faʿ bi-allatī hiya aḥsanu l-sayi-ata naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaṣifūn