The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
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خُذِ
الْعَفْوَ
وَأْمُرْ
بِالْعُرْفِ
وَأَعْرِضْ
عَنِ
الْجَاهِلِينَ
khudhi l-ʿafwa wa-ʾmur bi-l-ʿurfi wa-ʾaʿriḍ ʿani l-jāhilīna
Hold to forgiveness; command what is right; But turn away from the ignorant.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Adopt [a policy of] excusing [the faults of people], bid what is right, and turn away from the ignorant.