An-Nisaa 4:86
The Women · ayah 86 of 176
وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُم بِتَحِيَّةٍۢ فَحَيُّوا۟ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ أَوْ رُدُّوهَآ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَسِيبًا
Wa-itha huyyeetum bitahiyyatinfahayyoo bi-ahsana minha aw ruddoohainna Allaha kana AAala kulli shay-in haseeba
"And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed Allāh is ever, over all things, an Accountant."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"But [even in battle] when you [believers] are offered a greeting, respond with a better one, or at least return it: God keeps account of everything."
Pickthall (classic)+
"When ye are greeted with a greeting, greet ye with a better than it or return it. Lo! Allah taketh count of all things."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"When a (courteous) greeting is offered you, meet it with a greeting still more courteous, or (at least) of equal courtesy. Allah takes careful account of all things."