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Sura 39
Aya 18
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الَّذينَ يَستَمِعونَ القَولَ فَيَتَّبِعونَ أَحسَنَهُ ۚ أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ هَداهُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَأُولٰئِكَ هُم أُولُو الأَلبابِ

Ali Unal

Who, when they hear speech, follow the best of it (in the best way possible, and even seek what is better and straighter).1 Those are the ones whom God has guided, and those are the ones who are people of discernment.
  • Humankind, by our primordial nature, seeks what is good and right. When a person encounters what is good and right and what is evil and wrong, he or she prefers what is good and right. And when one is between what is good and right, and what is better or righter, one tends to follow the latter. It is virtuousness to follow what is better or even the best, but one in a congregation or community should not criticize others who follow what is good and right just because they do not pursue what is better and more right.