Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
But whether We do [or do not] take thee away [ere thy message prevails] - verily, We shall inflict Our retribution on them
M. M. Pickthall
And if We take thee away, We surely shall take vengeance on them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Even if We take thee away, We shall be sure to exact retribution from them
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Even if We take you away ˹from this world˺, We will surely inflict punishment upon them.
Safi Kaskas
Whether We take you away, We will afflict retribution on them.
Wahiduddin Khan
Even if We take you away from the world, We shall surely take vengeance on the
Shakir
But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on them
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And even if We take thee away, We will, truly, be ones who requite them
T.B.Irving
Even should We take you away, We will still be avenged on them.
Abdul Hye
And even if We take you (O Muhammad) away, We shall indeed take retribution on them
The Study Quran
Either We shall take thee away, and then take vengeance upon them
Dr. Kamal Omar
And if (it) so (happens) that We move away with you, then surely We (become) those who take vengeance on them
We shall surely inflict retribution on them, whether We take you away from this world
Talal A. Itani (new translation)
Even if We take you away, We will wreak vengeance upon them
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So, in case ever We definitely cause you to go away, then surely We will be the Avengers against them
Muhammad Sarwar
We shall revenge them either after your deat
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
So, even if We take you away, We will surely take vengeance on them
Shabbir Ahmed
(O Prophet) Even if We take you away, verily, Our Requital is inevitable for them
Dr. Munir Munshey
Now, We will either take you away and then exact revenge from them
Syed Vickar Ahamed
And even if We take you (O Prophet!) away, We shall be sure to punish them
And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
For when We decease you, We may seek revenge on them
Abdel Haleem
Either We shall take you away and punish them- indeed We will
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And if We take thee away. We shall surely take vengeance on them
Ahmed Ali
We shall punish them whether We take you away
Aisha Bewley
Either We will extricate you and take revenge on them
Ali Ünal
And whether We take you away from among them, and then We take retribution on them
Ali Quli Qara'i
Either We shall take you away —for We will indeed take vengeance on them—
Hamid S. Aziz
But if We should take you away, still We shall inflict retribution on them
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So whether We take you away (from this world), We shall take revenge from them,
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Even if We take you away, We will be sure to exact retribution from them
Musharraf Hussain
Even if We took you away We would certainly punish them,
Maududi
We shall inflict retribution on them, whether We take you away from the world (before We do that)
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
So if We take you away, We may then seek revenge on them
Mohammad Shafi
Even if We take you away, We shall not fail to exact retribution from them
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And even though We take you away, We shall surely take vengeance on them.
Whether we let you die before it or not, we will surely requite them.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
Even if We take you away, We shall take vengeance upon them
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So if We take thee away, still We shall exact retribution from them
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So when We go away with you (We make you die), so We are from them revenging/punishing
Bijan Moeinian
Whether you (Mohammad) live long enough to see it or not [as the disbelievers were planning to kill Mohammad], I (God) will surely punish them
Faridul Haque
So if We take you away, We shall then indeed take revenge from them
Sher Ali
And if WE take thee away from this world, WE shall nevertheless take vengeance upon them
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
So if We take you away (from the world), even then We shall take revenge on them
Amatul Rahman Omar
And even if We take you away (from this world) We shall punish them (in all events)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
And even if We take you (O Muhammad SAW) away, We shall indeed take vengeance on them
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Munir Mezyed
Even if We take you away, still We are going to inflict retribution on them,
Linda “iLHam” Barto
Even if We take you away, We will make them pay [for their sins].
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
So We will either take yousg away, then surely wreak vengeance upon them,
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
Even should We take you away, We will still be avenged on them.
Ahmed Hulusi
Even if We were to take you (from the world) We will surely take revenge from them.
Mir Aneesuddin
So if We take you away, then We will certainly inflict retribution on them.
Therefore, O Muhammad, should We take you away by death before you witness the promised punishment, rest assured that We, will take just vengeance on them