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Qur’an 68:9 Al-Qalam, verse 9
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Al-Qalam (68)
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- 9 of 52
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| وَدُّوا۟ | waddū | They wish | و د د |
| لَوْ | law | that | |
| تُدْهِنُ | tud'hinu | you should compromise | د ه ن |
| فَيُدْهِنُونَ | fayud'hinūna | so they would compromise | د ه ن |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 68:9 in Al-Qalam.
- 68:7إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَIndeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
- 68:8فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَThen do not obey the deniers.
- 68:10وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍAnd do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
- 68:11هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
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