68:9

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

Word by word

وَدُّوا۟

They wish

Verb

Root: ودد

Grammar (i'rab)

وَدُّVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.

وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

لَوْ

that

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

لَوْPreposition — subordinating

تُدْهِنُ

you should compromise

Verb

Root: دهن

Grammar (i'rab)

تُدْهِنُVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. sing.

فَيُدْهِنُونَ

so they would compromise

Verb

Root: دهن

Grammar (i'rab)

فَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

يُدْهِنُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.

ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you––

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

(Onlar sana indirilen ayetlerden beğenmediklerini bırakman suretiyle senin) kendilerine yumuşak davranmanı isterler; böyle yapsan, onlar da seni över, yumuşak davranırlar.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Onlar istediler ki yumuşak davranasın da onlar da sana yumuşak davransınlar.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Onlar senin (kendilerine) yumuşak davranmanı isterler ki kendileri de (sana) yumuşak davransınlar.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

تمنَّوا وأحبوا لو تلاينهم، وتصانعهم على بعض ما هم عليه، فيلينون لك.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution