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And indeed, they were about (to) scare you from the land, that they evict you from it. But then not they (would) have stayed after you except a little.
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And [since they see that they cannot persuade thee,] they endeavour to estrange thee from the land [of thy birth] with a view to driving thee away from, it-but, then, after thou wilt have left, they themselves will not remain [in it] for more than a little while
And they indeed wished to scare thee from the land that they might drive thee forth from thence, and then they would have stayed (there) but a little after thee
Their purpose was to scare thee off the land, in order to expel thee; but in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after thee, except for a little while
Indeed they came near to unsettling you, so that they might expel you from the land, but in that case they themselves would not have stayed on for very long after you
They were about to hound thee from the region that they drive thee out of it. Then, they would not linger in expectation behind thee but for a little while.
They were about to intimidate you to drive you out of the land ˹of Mecca˺, but then they would not have survived after you ˹had left˺ except for a little while.
And they stirred you up enough and almost succeeded in driving you away from the land, but had they succeeded, they would have remained only briefly after you were gone.
And surely, they were about to frighten you so that they might drive you out from the land. But then they would not have stayed after you, except a little while.
And verily they had well-nigh unsettled thee from the land that they might drive thee forth from thence. And in that case they would not have tarried after thee but a little while
They were very near to scaring you from the land with the object of expelling you from it. But had they done so they would only have remained there a short time after you.
Indeed they have sought to estrange you from the land (of your birth) and drive you from it; but then, they themselves will not remain there, after you, except a little while
And decidedly they were indeed almost about to startle you from the land, to drive you out of it; and they would have not lingered even to succeed you except a little
And they were likely to harass you in the land, so that they could expel you from there, and in that case, they will have not lived (there) after you, but a little
Since they saw that they could not persuade you, they wished to drive you out (of Madinah as well.) If they had done that, (they would have lost the stabilizing force of your presence), and would have annihilated one another in a short while
And verily, their purpose was to frighten you so much as to drive you away from the Land; But in that case, they would not have stayed (therein) after you, except for a short time
And indeed, they were about to drive you from the land to evict you therefrom. And then [when they do], they will not remain [there] after you, except for a little
They almost scare you off the land, to expel you from it. If they do so, they will not be able to stay here much longer after you
Dr. Munir Munshey
They had stirred you up enough and had almost succeeded in driving you out of the land. If so, they too, had not stayed behind much longer
Dr. Kamal Omar
And if they could, they would have surely frightened you (so much) from the place that they may drive you out from there. But in that case they would not stay (therein) after you, except for a little while
They were bent upon uprooting you from this land and driving you away from it. But were they to succeed, they would not be able to remain after you more than a little while
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
They almost enticed/scared you off the land to drive you out of it, and then they would have only stayed for a short while after you.
And, indeed, they wanted to make you unsettled in the land in order to drive you therefrom. And in that case they would not have lived there after you but a little
Controversial, deprecated, or status undetermined works
The disbelievers frightened you so much that you almost decided to flee. If it would have happened (as it happened a year later), they would not have stayed in power for a long time (as it took only eight years that Mohammad triumphantly returned to Mecca and after years everyone embraced Islam.
Faridul Haque
And indeed it was close that they frighten you in the land for them to oust you from it - and if it were, they would not have stayed after you, but a little
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They very nearly provoked you to drive you out of the land, but they would have only lingered for a little while after you
And surely they purposed to unsettle thee from the land that they might expel thee from it, and then they will not tarry after thee but a little
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And if they were about to/almost to scare to drive you out from the land to bring/drive you out from it, and then they do not remain/wait behind you except little
And indeed they are near to scare thee to drive thee away from the land that they might expel thee therefrom, but in that case they themselves would not have stayed after thee save a little
They almost banished you from the land to get rid of you, so they could revert as soon as you left.
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And undoubtedly, it was near that they might startle you from this land so that they might oust, you therefrom and if it had been so, then they would not have stayed after you but a little.
They had spared nothing in unsettling you from the land (of Makkah), that they might drive you out from it. But in that case they (themselves) would not have stayed after you except for a little while
And the disbelievers also sought to shake you off the land (of Mecca) so that they might banish you from here. (But had that supposedly happened) then they (themselves) would also not have stayed there but for a little while
And Verily, they were about to frighten you so much as to drive you out from the land. But in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after you, expcept for a little while
The unbelievers had likewise almost caused thee to depart the land, that they might have expelled thee thence: But then should they not have tarried therein after thee, except a little while
And truly they had almost caused thee to quit the land, in order wholly to drive thee forth from it: but then, themselves should have tarried but a little after thee
And they endeavour to scare you off the land with a view to driving you away. But, then, after you have gone, they will not remain there except for a short while.
They were going to abuse you to drive you out of (Mecca)... And then they would have remained only a little (in the world) after you (they did this and were killed in the battle of Badr).
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
And verily they were about to startling you from the land so as to expel you from it; and then, they would not have tarried after you but a little.
Al-muntakhab fi tafsir al-Qur'an al-Karim
They were resolved to impel you to the feeling of fear to make you resolve to quit the land and depart from Macca. But then they would have been allowed to remain only for a short while to come to the end of their rope wherefore We vanquish them and reduce them into a useless form
And they were about to unsettle you from the land, so as to drive you out of it, and in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after you, except for a little while.
