Al-Baqara 2:263
The Cow · ayah 263 of 286
۞ قَوْلٌۭ مَّعْرُوفٌۭ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌۭ مِّن صَدَقَةٍۢ يَتْبَعُهَآ أَذًۭى ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَلِيمٌۭ
Qawlun maAAroofun wamaghfiratun khayrun minsadaqatin yatbaAAuha athan wallahughaniyyun haleem
"Kind speech and forgiveness are better than charity followed by injury. And Allāh is Free of need and Forbearing."
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"A kind word and forgiveness is better than a charitable deed followed by hurtful [words]: God is self-sufficient, forbearing."
Pickthall (classic)+
"A kind word with forgiveness is better than almsgiving followed by injury. Allah is Absolute, Clement."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"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."