Surah Al-Qalam (القلم) • The Pen

Quran 68:9

68:9

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

waddū law tud'hinu fayud'hinūna

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

— Saheeh International

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

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them: so they (too) would compromise with you.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 29Page 564meccan

Word by Word

وَدُّوا۟waddūThey wish
لَوْlawthat
تُدْهِنُtud'hinuyou should compromise
فَيُدْهِنُونَfayud'hinūnaso they would compromise