وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ٩
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ٩
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ ١٠
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ ١١
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ١٣
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-