Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 41 (42:41)

ٱلشُّورَىٰ

وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ

Quran 42:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 487 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:41
وَلَمَنِٱنتَصَرَبَعْدَظُلْمِهِۦفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَمَاعَلَيْهِممِّنسَبِيلٍ٤١
walamani intaṣara baʿda ẓul'mihi fa-ulāika mā ʿalayhim min sabīlin

And whoever retaliates after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].(41)

Word by word

  1. وَلَمَنِwalamaniAnd surely whosoever
  2. ٱنتَصَرَintaṣaradefends himself
  3. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  4. ظُلْمِهِۦẓul'mihihe has been wronged
  5. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  6. مَاmānot
  7. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim(is) against them
  8. مِّنminany
  9. سَبِيلٍsabīlinway

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