a carpet feels heavenly
119. Goodness and wrongdoing are not the same. Your goodness will make your enemy your friend
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ
ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَوَةٌۭ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌۭ
And the good deed and the evil deed are not equal.
Repel evil with that which is better, then behold!
The one who, between you and between him, was enmity
will become as if he was an intimate friend.
Surah Fussilat, Verse 34
Tafseer e Jilani
Then said Allah Subhanu in the way of instruction and guidance for the ordinary servants:
Wa la tastawi al hasnatu: It is not equal, the class of good deeds, but it is different in beauty and appearance…
Wa la-assayyatu: and similarly it is not equal, the class of evil deeds. Some of them are worse than others.
Idfa’a: O Seeker with the intention of being guided upon the way of Tauheed, One-ness, upon the Straight Path unveiled for the Messenger who completes Messenger-hood (peace be upon him) and who is the most esteemed of the Prophets who are guided, the ones who are being guided to the Ocean of One-ness of His Essence from different streams of His Names and Attributes which sprout (from that Ocean) according to their rippling and moving from one to another, arising according to their innate states…
Billati: (O Seeker with the intention of being guided upon the way of Tauheed, One-ness) by the inclination of goodness which is…
Hiya ahsana: the best of the best virtues repelling the worst of the worst virtues and persist in that manner (of repelling wrongdoing with goodness) and make it your habit until you reach a balance and become steadfast upon the Place of Allah’s Justice.
And after your steadfastness and firm-footedness in this rank…
Fa idalladi: then suddenly that which was...
Baynaka wa baynahu adaawatun: between you and him an enemity, which has been there for a while and was generated from animalistic forces from both parties, he will become your close friend and loved one until…
Ka annahu waliyun: he becomes your near one who protects you and becomes a guardian of your custody for all that which causes you pain and all that which causes your destruction. So how will he then cause you suffering because he is…
Hameemun: (now) your intimate friend, affectionate, generous, kind and merciful towards you and one who will never fight with you (again).
Wow!
a carpet feels heavenly
119. Goodness and wrongdoing are not the same. Your goodness will make your enemy your friend
وَلَا تَسْتَوِى ٱلْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ
ٱدْفَعْ بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا ٱلَّذِى بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُۥ عَدَوَةٌۭ كَأَنَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ حَمِيمٌۭ
And the good deed and the evil deed are not equal.
Repel evil with that which is better, then behold!
The one who, between you and between him, was enmity
will become as if he was an intimate friend.
Surah Fussilat, Verse 34
Tafseer e Jilani
Then said Allah Subhanu in the way of instruction and guidance for the ordinary servants:
Wa la tastawi al hasnatu: It is not equal, the class of good deeds, but it is different in beauty and appearance…
Wa la-assayyatu: and similarly it is not equal, the class of evil deeds. Some of them are worse than others.
Idfa’a: O Seeker with the intention of being guided upon the way of Tauheed, One-ness, upon the Straight Path unveiled for the Messenger who completes Messenger-hood (peace be upon him) and who is the most esteemed of the Prophets who are guided, the ones who are being guided to the Ocean of One-ness of His Essence from different streams of His Names and Attributes which sprout (from that Ocean) according to their rippling and moving from one to another, arising according to their innate states…
Billati: (O Seeker with the intention of being guided upon the way of Tauheed, One-ness) by the inclination of goodness which is…
Hiya ahsana: the best of the best virtues repelling the worst of the worst virtues and persist in that manner (of repelling wrongdoing with goodness) and make it your habit until you reach a balance and become steadfast upon the Place of Allah’s Justice.
And after your steadfastness and firm-footedness in this rank…
Fa idalladi: then suddenly that which was...
Baynaka wa baynahu adaawatun: between you and him an enemity, which has been there for a while and was generated from animalistic forces from both parties, he will become your close friend and loved one until…
Ka annahu waliyun: he becomes your near one who protects you and becomes a guardian of your custody for all that which causes you pain and all that which causes your destruction. So how will he then cause you suffering because he is…
Hameemun: (now) your intimate friend, affectionate, generous, kind and merciful towards you and one who will never fight with you (again).
Wow!