وَلَا And not تَسْتَوِى (are) equal ٱلْحَسَنَةُ the good (deed) وَلَا and ٱلسَّيِّئَةُ ۚ the evil (deed) ٱدْفَعْ Repel بِٱلَّتِى by (that) which هِىَ [it] أَحْسَنُ (is) better فَإِذَا then behold ٱلَّذِى One who بَيْنَكَ between you وَبَيْنَهُۥ and between him عَدَٰوَةٌۭ (was) enmity كَأَنَّهُۥ (will become) as if he وَلِىٌّ (was) a friend حَمِيمٌۭ intimate ٣٤
And not equal are the good deed and the bad. Repel [evil] by that [deed] which is better; and thereupon, the one whom between you and him is enmity [will become] as though he was a devoted friend.
— Come To Light