But he who bears with patience and forgives, surely complies with divine resolve.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : and verily whoso is patient) for the iniquity he suffers (and forgiveth) and forgoes retaliation, (lo! that) patience and forgiveness, (verily, is (of) the steadfast heart of things) verily is the best of matters; it is also said this means: of the most resolute of matters. the verses from (and those who shun the worst of sins and indecencies…) to (…lo! that, verily, is (of) the steadfast heart of things) were revealed about abu bakr and his fellow believer 'amr ibn ghazyah al-ansari in relation to a dispute which happened between the two. al-ansari had, in this dispute, abused abu bakr al-siddiq.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : but verily he who is patient, and defend himself [by retaliating], and forgives, excuses [the wrong done to him] — surely that, patience and excusing, is [true] constancy in [such] affairs, that is to say, it is one of those [courses of action] for which one must have firm resolve, meaning those which are required [of the believer] by [god’s] law.
