Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them] cruelly, without any restraint
M. M. Pickthall
And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
and act so viciously when you attack ˹others˺?
Safi Kaskas
And when you attack, why do you attack like tyrants.
Wahiduddin Khan
When you lay hands upon anyone, you do so as tyrants
Shakir
And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And when you seized by force, seized you by force haughtily?
T.B.Irving
Whenever you assault anyone, you pounce on them like bullies.
Abdul Hye
And when you seize anyone, you seize him as tyrants.
The Study Quran
And when you strike, do you strike as tyrants
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And when you strike, you strike mercilessly.
Talal Itani (2012)
And when you strike, you strike mercilessly
Dr. Kamal Omar
And when you persecuted you persecuted as tyrants
Whenever you lay your hands on anyone, you act like cruel tyrants
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And when you assault, you assault as potentates
Muhammad Sarwar
When you attack, you attack as tyrants do
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and when you seize (someone) you seize as tyrants
Shabbir Ahmed
And you seize people cruelly, without any restraint. (Oppressing people into slavery to build these gorgeous buildings for you)
Dr. Munir Munshey
"And when you assault, you land on your victim with a vengeance."
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"And when you play your strong hand (with force), do you act like cruel men with absolute power
And when you strike, you strike as tyrants
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
"And if you attack, you strike ruthlessly"
Abdel Haleem
Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And when ye seize, ye seize like unto tyrants
Ahmed Ali
And whenever you apply force become tyrannical
Aisha Bewley
and when you attack, attack as tyrants do?
Ali Ünal
"And when you strike and seize (others and their goods), strike and seize in the style of tyrants
Ali Quli Qara'i
and when you seize [someone for punishment], you seize [him] like tyrants
Hamid S. Aziz
"And when you seize by force, assault you like tyrants
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
And when you attack, you attack as tyrants?
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
“And when you rule, you rule as dictators
Musharraf Hussain
And, when you seize others’ wealth and land , you are utterly ruthless in doing so.
Maududi
and when you strike you strike like tyrants
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"Andif you attack, you strike ruthlessly?
Mohammad Shafi
"And when you control, you control cruelly?"
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And when you lay hands on any one you lay hands tyrannically.
"And when you strike, you strike mercilessly.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
When you assault, you assault like tyrants
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when you seize, you seize as tyrants
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
And if you destroyed/attacked violently, you destroyed/attacked violently (as) tyrants/rebels
Bijan Moeinian
“And when you fight, you do not show any mercy.”
Faridul Haque
“And when you apprehend someone, you seize him mercilessly?”
Sher Ali
`And when you lay hands upon anyone, you lay hands as tyrants
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And when you lay hand on someone, you do it like ruthless tyrants
Amatul Rahman Omar
`And when you lay hold (on anyone), you do it like tyrants
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
"And when you seize, seize you as tyrants
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
And when you strike, you strike tyrannically.
Munir Mezyed
Yet when you take an aggressive action, you do it in the same way tyrants do.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
And when you strike out you strike out as tyrants?
Linda “iLHam” Barto
“When you seize, do you seize as tyrants?
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
And when youpl strike, you strike mercilessly?
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Whenever you assault anyone, you pounce on them like bullies.
Samy Mahdy
And when you annihilate, you are annihilating as mighties?
Sayyid Qutb
When you exercise your power, you do so like cruel tyrants.
Ahmed Hulusi
“You rely on your strength and abolish all rights and seize all that you can!”
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
When you assault, you assault like tyrants
"And when you strike, justly or unjustly, you strike at the root"
Mir Aneesuddin
And when you take hold (of people), you take hold (of them) as tyrants.
The Wise Quran
And when you assault you assault like tyrants;