Surah 68 · verse 9
Al-Qalam 68:9
Sign in to listenوَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
waddu law tudhin fayudhinun
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
Verse 7إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
Verse 8فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Then do not obey the deniers.
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
Verse 11هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
Verse 12مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,