Quran 26:130 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 130
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Why do you act like tyrants whenever you attack someone?
وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ
wa-idhā baṭashtum baṭashtum jabbārīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When you assault, you assault like tyrants!
- Muhammad Asad
- And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them] cruelly, without any restraint?
- Sahih International
- And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | بَطَشْتُمbaṭashtum | you seize | بطش |
| 3 | بَطَشْتُمْbaṭashtum | you seize | بطش |
| 4 | جَبَّارِينَjabbārīna | (as) tyrants | جبر |