Why Revenge is Not an Option

(Bees) of the Quran gives practical advice on this point. The translation of the relevant verses is as follows: If you want to retaliate, retaliate to the same degree as the injury done to you. But if you are patient, it is better to be so. (16:126) Revenge is the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands. According to Quranic teachings, there are two levels of revenge – one may be called equal revenge and the second may be called forgetting the bad experience received from others. Although revenge or retaliation is allowed, but with a strict condition – that it should be an equal revenge, not exceeding the others’ bad action. But when seriously thought about, one realizes that this is not an option. It is so difficult that no sincere person can take this option. Because there is no available measurement that may tell you that your retaliation was completely equal to the action you received from the other. This option is, therefore, only a hypothetical option. Any sincere person will decide not to take this option, because if during the retaliation you exceed the limit you will be answerable to God Almighty. So, practically there is only one option and that is forgiveness. While revenge may open a new chapter that is revenge after revenge, forgiveness puts an end to this chain. Forgiveness means that you have put a full stop, while revenge in this case means that you have put commas. When you forgive a person, you hit his conscience. Forgiveness is a kind of corrective measure. Forgiveness creates a sense of