Al-Qalam 68:9
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Compromise
وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ ٩
Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
They wish you would compromise, so they would compromise.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “mudahanah” as flattering, not touching their wrongs, greasing their lies; the deniers wanted this, and so set about denying.
Reflect
Speak the truth gently, but don’t grease a falsehood.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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