True constancy lies in forgiveness and patient forbearance.
The Qur'an
True Constancy
Topic: Global Peace & Development
“True constancy lies in forgiveness and patient forbearance.”
Islam
The Qur'an
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 1080 [Qur'an 42.36-43].
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Qur’an 42.36-43
The Qur’an exalts forgiveness as the way in which the best of people respond to being wronged, yet as a concession to human weakness it allows that to take revenge is not a sin. Muhammad in the traditions consistently praises those who would forgive rather than take revenge. The Hadith testify to Muhammad’s own forgiving nature. Imam Ali, the founding saint of Shiite Islam, likewise prohibited his followers from taking revenge for his murder.
–Nahjul Balagha [letter 47, in Chapter 21: Law and Punishments].