The Quran

سورة الشُّعَرَاء

Surah Al-Shu‘arâ’ 26:130

The Poets · Verse 130 of 227

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

`And when you lay hold (on anyone), you do it like tyrants.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

And when ye exert your strong hand, do ye do it like men of absolute power?

Ahmed Ali

And whenever you apply force become tyrannical.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

"And when you strike and seize (others and their goods), strike and seize in the style of tyrants?

Daryabadi

And when ye seize, ye seize like unto tyrants.

Faridul Haque

“And when you apprehend someone, you seize him mercilessly?”

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And when you seize, you seize as tyrants.

Maulvi Sher Ali

`And when you lay hands upon anyone, you lay hands as tyrants.

Muhammad Asad

And will you [always], whenever you lay hand [on others], lay hand [on them) cruelly, without any restraint?

Muhammad Musin Khan

And when you seize, seize you as tyrants?

Muhammad Pickthall

And if ye seize by force, seize ye as tyrants?

Muhammad Sarwar

When you attack, you attack as tyrants do.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And when you lay hands (on men) you lay hands (like) tyrants;

Rashad Khalifa

And when you strike, you strike mercilessly.

Shabbir Ahmed

And you seize people cruelly, without any restraint.