﴿ وَلَا يَأْتَلِ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْفَضْلِ مِنكُمْ وَٱلسَّعَةِ أَن يُؤْتُوٓا۟ أُو۟لِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلْيَعْفُوا۟ وَلْيَصْفَحُوٓا۟ ۗ أَلَا تُحِبُّونَ أَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ ﴾

“Hence, [even if they have been wronged by slander,] let not those of you who have been graced with God’s favour and ease of life ever become remiss in helping [the erring ones among] their near of kin, and the needy, and those who have forsaken the domain of evil for the sake of God, but let them pardon and forbear. [For,] do you not desire that God should forgive you your sins, seeing that God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace?”

�Let them forgive and excuse�That is, �Let them pardon the wrong done to them by people.� It is related from Sufyān al-Thawrī that he said, �God sent the revelation to ʿUzayr: �If you are not good natured such that you are like a morsel in the mouths of the children of Adam, I will not record you among the humble (mutawāḍiʿūn).� ʿUzayr replied, �O my Lord, what is the hallmark of the one whom You have chosen for Your love (mawadda)?� He replied, �I make him content with a meagre provision, and I activate him to [prepare for] the momentous and tremendous [event]. [His hallmark is also that he] eats little and weeps much; he seeks My forgiveness before dawn, and detests the licentious (fujjār) for My sake.��His words: