and those who when they suffer aggression injustice defend themselves — these are another category — that is to say they retaliate against those who wrong them in the same manner in which the latter wronged them as God exalted be He says
- 42:3939
وَالَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَهُمُ الْبَغْيُ هُمْ يَنْتَصِرُونَ
and who, whenever tyranny afflicts them, defend themselves.
- common.revelation-Meccan
- common.hizb : 195