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Quran 68:9

Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 9

Juz 29 · Page 564 · Ruku 498 · Meccan

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

Word by word

وَدُّوا۟ waddū They wish لَوْ law that تُدْهِنُ tud'hinu you should compromise فَيُدْهِنُونَ fayud'hinūna so they would compromise

Transliteration

Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

"ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون" قال ابن عباس: لو ترخص لهم فيرخصون.

وقال مجاهد: "ودوا لو تدهن" تركن إلى آلهتم وتترك ما أنت عليه من الحق.

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.