68. Kalem · verses 9–13

وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ

Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

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

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ

Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,

هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ

Hammazin mashshain binameemin

A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,

عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-