Verse 68:13 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
9 وَدُّوا۟ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَیُدۡهِنُونَ ۝٩ waddū law tud'hinu fayud'hinūn they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you–– 10 وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِینٍ ۝١٠ walā tuṭiʿ kulla ḥallāfin mahīni do not yield to any contemptible swearer 11 هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّاۤءِۭ بِنَمِیمࣲ ۝١١ hammāzin mashāin binamīmi to any backbiter, slander-monger 12 مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَیۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِیمٍ ۝١٢ mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin athīmi or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive
13 عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَ ٰلِكَ زَنِیمٍ ۝١٣ an kāna dhā mālin wabanīn coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter
14 أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٤ An kana tha malin wabaneena Just because he has wealth and sons 15 إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٥ idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīn when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’ 16 سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ ۝١٦ sanasimuhu ʿalā l-khur'ṭūm We shall brand him on the snout 17 إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَـٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُوا۟ لَیَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِینَ ۝١٧ innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥāba l-janati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣ'biḥīn We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the mornin

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