Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
they would like thee to be soft [with them], so that they might be soft [with thee]
Arthur John Arberry
They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then they would compromise
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant
Arabic
وَدُّوا۟ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَیُدۡهِنُونَ ٩
Transliteration (2021)
waddū law tud'hinu fayud'hinūn