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وَاِذَا حُيِّيْتُمْ بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوْا بِاَحْسَنَ مِنْهَآ اَوْ رُدُّوْهَا ۗ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ حَسِيْبًا  ( النساء: ٨٦ )

wa-idhā
وَإِذَا
And when
ḥuyyītum
حُيِّيتُم
you are greeted
bitaḥiyyatin
بِتَحِيَّةٍ
with a greeting
faḥayyū
فَحَيُّوا۟
then greet
bi-aḥsana
بِأَحْسَنَ
with better
min'hā
مِنْهَآ
than it
aw
أَوْ
or
ruddūhā
رُدُّوهَآۗ
return it
inna
إِنَّ
Indeed
l-laha
ٱللَّهَ
Allah
kāna
كَانَ
is
ʿalā
عَلَىٰ
of
kulli
كُلِّ
every
shayin
شَىْءٍ
thing
ḥasīban
حَسِيبًا
an Accountant

Wa izaa huyyeetum bitahiy yatin fahaiyoo bi ahsana minhaaa aw ruddoohaa; innal laaha kaana 'alaa kulli shai'in Haseeba (an-Nisāʾ 4:86)

Sahih International:

And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner]. Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, an Accountant. (An-Nisa [4] : 86)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

When you are greeted with a salutation, greet with one better than it, or return the same. Surely, Allah is the One who takes account of everything.