Employing Hikmah (Wisdom) and Husna (Excellence) in Dialogue

An-Nahl — Verses 125–125 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ ١٢٥

Invite (mankind, O Muhammad SAW) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Quran) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.

ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ
Invite (mankind, O Muhammad SAW) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam)
بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ
with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Quran) and fair preaching
وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ
and argue with them in a way that is better
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۖ
Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path
وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided