Muhammad 47:22

AYAH Muhammad 47:22	47:23 <= Next ayah Prev ayah => 47:21
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Arabic Source and Roman Transliteration

Arabic		فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحَامَكُم
Transliteration		Fahal AAasaytum in tawallaytum an tufsidoo fee al-ardi watuqattiAAoo arhamakum
Transliteration-2		fahal ʿasaytum in tawallaytum an tuf'sidū fī l-arḍi watuqaṭṭiʿū arḥāmaku
Word for Word Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh, Ms. Kauser Katri, and more		Then would you perhaps, if you are given authority that you cause corruption in the earth and cut off your ties of kinship.

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Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad		[Ask them:] “Would you, perchance, after having turned away [from God’s commandment, prefer to revert to your old ways, and] spread corruption on earth, and [once again] cut asunder your ties of kinship?&rdquo
M. M. Pickthall		Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)		Then, is it to be expected of you, if ye were put in authority, that ye will do mischief in the land, and break your ties of kith and kin
Shakir		But if you held command, you were sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship
Wahiduddin Khan		Then if you turn away, you are likely to spread corruption on the earth and sever your ties of kinship
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar		Will it be that if you turned away, you would make corruption in the earth and cut off your ties with blood relations?
T.B.Irving		Would you by any chance, if you assumed power, cause havoc on earth and fight with your own flesh and blood?
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab		Now if you ˹hypocrites˺ turn away, perhaps you would then spread corruption throughout the land and sever your ˹ties of˺ kinship!
Safi Kaskas		Would you prefer to turn away and go spreading corruption on earth and sever your ties of kinship?
Abdul Hye		Would you might then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship?
The Study Quran		Were you to turn away, would you perchance work corruption upon the earth and break your family relations
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)		So do you plan that when you turn away, that you will corrupt the land and sever your family tie
Abdel Haleem		‘If you turn away now, could it be that you will go on to spread corruption all over the land and break your ties of kinship?&rsquo
Abdul Majid Daryabadi		Then, belike ye are, if ye turn to cause corruption in the earth away, and to sever your kinship
Ahmed Ali		Is it possible that if placed in authority you will create disorder in the land and sever your bonds of relationship
Aisha Bewley		Is it not likely that, if you did turn away, you would cause corruption in the earth and sever your ties of kinship?
Ali Ünal		But is it to be expected of you (O hypocritical ones), that you will break your promise and turn away (from God’s commandments), and cause disorder and corruption in the land, and sever the ties of kinship
Ali Quli Qara'i		May it not be that if you were to wield authority you would cause corruption in the land and ill-treat your blood relations
Hamid S. Aziz		But if you held command, would you make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali		Then, in case you turn away, might it be that you corrupt in the earth and sever your bonds of kin
Muhammad Sarwar		If you ignore the commands of God would you then also spread evil in the land and sever the ties of kinship
Muhammad Taqi Usmani		So, (O hypocrites,) do you not apprehend that, in case you turn away (from Jihad ), you will spread disorder in the land and will sever your ties of kinship
Shabbir Ahmed		Would you then, rather turn back (to the old ways of Ignorance) and work corruption in the land, and break the common bond of humanity and your ties of mutual relationships
Syed Vickar Ahamed		Then, is it to be expected of you, if you were put in authority, that you will do mischief in the land, and break your ties with (people and) relatives
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)		So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship
Farook Malik		Now what can be expected of you if you are put in authority, other than to do evil in the land and violate the ties of blood
Dr. Munir Munshey		If given authority in the land, you would disobey (Allah), spread mischief, and violate the family ties
Dr. Kamal Omar		Would you then be tempted if you gained authority, that you may create mischief on the earth and cut off your wombs (i.e., sever your ties of kinship)
Talal A. Itani (new translation)		If you turn away, you are likely to make mischief on earth, and sever your family ties
Maududi		Now, if you were to turn away, what else can be expected but that you will work corruption in the land and fly at each other´s throats
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad		So if you take over, would you perhaps commit corruption on the earth and cut off your blood relatives (and your close relatives)
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)		Then is it to be expected of you, that if you were put in authority, that you will commit crimes in the land, and break your ties with friends and family
Musharraf Hussain		So if you turn away now perhaps you would create corruption on the land and sever your blood ties.
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)		So do you plan that when you turn away, that you will corrupt the land and sever your family ties
Mohammad Shafi		"If you turn away, would you, then, spread corruption on earth, and cut asunder your ties of kinship!?"

Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
Bijan Moeinian		[Now that you are questioning the Lord’s commands,] What else is next? Turning back to the days of ignorance, starting mischief on earth and mistreating your relatives
Faridul Haque		So do you * portray that if you get governance, you would spread chaos in the land and sever your relations? (* The hypocrites
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah		Could it be, that if you turn away, you might make corruption in the land and break the ties of kinship
Maulana Muhammad Ali		But if you turn away, you are sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira		So did you maybe/perhaps (hope) if you turned away that (E) you corrupt/disorder in the earth/Planet Earth and cut off/sever your relations/wombs/uteruses? (Did you expect to get away with it?
Sher Ali		Would you not then, if you are placed in authority, create disorder in the land and sever your ties of kinship
Rashad Khalifa		Is it also your intention that as soon as you leave you will commit evil and mistreat your relatives?
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)		Do you then have the sign that if you get the authority, spread disorder in the land and sever your ties of Kinship?
Amatul Rahman Omar		(Hypocrites!) it is more likely that if you are given authority and power, you will create disorder in the land and violate your ties of kinship
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri		So, (O hypocrites,) what is expected of you is that if you (escape fighting by dodging and) attain to power, you will spread only mischief in the land and break your ties of kinship (which Allah and His Messenger [blessings and peace be upon him] have commanded to strengthen with affection and care)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali		Would you then, if you were given the authority, do mischief in the land, and sever your ties of kinship

Non-Muslim and/or Orientalist works
Arthur John Arberry		If you turned away, would you then haply work corruption in the land, and break your bonds of kin
Edward Henry Palmer		Would ye perhaps, if ye had turned back, have done evil in the land and severed the bonds of kinship
George Sale		Were ye ready therefore, if ye had been put in authority, to commit outrages in the earth, and to violate your ties of blood
John Medows Rodwell		Were ye not ready, if ye had turned back from Him, to spread disorder in the land, and violate the ties of blood
N J Dawood (2014)		If you¹ renounced the Faith, would you not do evil in the land and violate the ties of blood

New and/or Partial Translations, and works in progress
Linda “iLHam” Barto		What would happen if you [hypocrites] were put in charge? Would you spread corruption in the land and break your family ties?
Ahmed Hulusi		If you turn back, would you not be causing corruption on the earth and severing your ties of relations?
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim		And if you people fail to obey Allah's command, then do you have in mind, as a fixed purpose, to make mischief and create discord on earth and break the ties of a common blood and of uterine consanguinity
Mir Aneesuddin		But if you held command, is it not possible that you will cause corruption in the earth and cut off the ties of your relationships?

AYAH Muhammad 47:22

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