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Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 26:130 | |
| < 26:131 26:129 > |
| Transliteration | Wa-itha batashtum batashtum jabbareena |
| Literal | And if you destroyed/attacked violently, you destroyed/attacked violently (as) tyrants/rebels ? |
| Yusuf Ali | "And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power? |
| Pickthal | And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants? |
| Arberry | When you assault, you assault like tyrants! |
| Shakir | And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants; |
| Sarwar | When you attack, you attack as tyrants do. |
| Khalifa | "And when you strike, you strike mercilessly. |
| Hilali/Khan | "And when you seize, seize you as tyrants? |
| H/K/Saheeh | And when you strike, you strike as tyrants. |
| Malik | Whenever you lay your hands on anyone, you act like cruel tyrants.[130] |
| QXP | And you seize people cruelly, without any restraint. (Oppressing people into slavery to build these gorgeous buildings for you). |
| Maulana Ali | And when you seize, you seize as tyrants. |
| Free Minds | "And if you attack, you strike ruthlessly?" |
| Qaribullah | When you assault, you assault like tyrants. |
| George Sale | And when ye exercise your power, do ye exercise it with cruelty and rigour? |
| JM Rodwell | And when ye put forth your power do ye put it forth with harshness? |
| Asad | And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them] cruelly, without any restraint? [The term jabbar, when applied to man, as a rule denotes one who is haughty, overhearing, exorbitant and cruel, and does not submit to any moral restraints in his dealings with those who are weaker than himself. Sometimes (as, e.g., in 11:59 or 14:15) this term is used to describe a person's negative ethical attitude, and in that case it may be rendered as "enemy of the truth". In the present instance, however, stress is laid on the tyrannical behaviour of the tribe of Ad, evidently relating to their warlike conflicts with other people: and in this sense it expresses a Quranic prohibition, valid for all times, of all unnecessary cruelty in warfare, coupled with the positive, clearly-implied injunction to subordinate every act of war - as well as the decision to wage war as such - to moral considerations and restraints.] |
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