4504 You do not return good for evil, for there is no equality or comparison between the two. You repel or destroy evil with something which is far better, just as an antidote is better than poison. You foil hatred with love. You repel ignorance with knowledge, folly and wickedness with the friendly message of Revelation. The man who was in the bondage of sin, you not only liberate from sin, but make him your greatest friend and helper in the cause of Allah! Such is the alchemy of the Word of Allah! (Cf.
23:96,
28:54, and
42:40). 4505 Hamim: the keyword of the Ha Mim Surahs. See n. 4500 above, and Introduction to S. 40.