47.22

surah 47 - verse 22

translator's name verse
Arberry If you turned away, would you then haply work corruption in the land, and break your bonds of kin?
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?
Pickthall Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?
Sahih So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?
Yusuf Ali 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?