Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
A kind word and the veiling of another's want is better than a charitable deed followed by hurt; and God is self-sufficient, forbearing
Arthur John Arberry
Honourable words, and forgiveness, are better than a freewill offering followed by injury; and God is All-sufficient, All-clement
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
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
Arabic
۞ قَوۡلࣱ مَّعۡرُوفࣱ وَمَغۡفِرَةٌ خَیۡرࣱ مِّن صَدَقَةࣲ یَتۡبَعُهَاۤ أَذࣰىۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِیٌّ حَلِیمࣱ ٢٦٣
Transliteration (2021)
qawlun maʿrūfun wamaghfiratun khayrun min ṣadaqatin yatbaʿuhā adhan wal-lahu ghaniyyun ḥalīmu