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Surah 17. Al-Israa, Ayah 28

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وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلًا مَّيْسُورًا

Waimm a tuAAri d anna AAanhumu ibtigh a a ra h matin min rabbika tarjooh a faqul lahum qawlan maysoor a n

And if thou [must] turn aside from those [that are in want, because thou thyself art] seeking to obtain thy Sustainer's grace and hoping for it,³⁴ at least speak unto them with gentle speech.

- Mohammad Asad

You shall speak courteously to needy persons if you are waiting for your Rabb's bounty and you lack the means to assist them.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

But if you must turn them down 'because you lack the means to give'- while hoping to receive your Lord's bounty- then 'at least' give them a kind word.

- Mustafa Khattab

But if thou turn away from them, seeking mercy from thy Lord, for which thou hopest, then speak unto them a reasonable word.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

And even if thou hast to turn away from them in pursuit of the Mercy from thy Lord which thou dost expect yet speak to them a word of easy kindness. ²²¹¹

- Abdullah Yusuf Ali