34 Preface وَلا تَستَوِي الحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادفَع بِالَّتي هِيَ أَحسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذي بَينَكَ وَبَينَهُ عَداوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَميمٌYusuf AliNor can goodness and Evil1 be equal. Repel (Evil) with what is better: Then will he between whom and thee was hatred become as it were thy friend and intimate!2You do not return good for evil, for there is no equality or comparison between the two. You repel or destroy evil with something which is far better, just as an antidote is better than poison. You foil hatred with love. You repel ignorance with knowledge, folly and wickedness with the friendly message of Revelation. The man who was in the bondage of sin, you not only liberate from sin, but make him your greatest friend and helper in the cause of God! Such is the alchemy of the Word of God! (Cf. 23:96, 28:54, and 42:40).Hamim: the keyword of the Ha Mim Sūras. See n. 4500 above, and Introduction to S. 40.