Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
they who, having themselves held back [from fighting, later] said of their [slain] brethren, "Had they but paid heed to us, they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert, then, death from yourselves, if what you say is true!"
Arthur John Arberry
who said of their brothers (and they themselves held back), 'Had they obeyed us, they would not have been slain.' Say: 'Then avert death from yourselves, if you speak truly.
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(They are) the ones that say, (of their brethren slain), while they themselves sit (at ease): "If only they had listened to us they would not have been slain." Say: "Avert death from your own selves, if ye speak the truth."
Arabic
ٱلَّذِینَ قَالُوا۟ لِإِخۡوَ ٰنِهِمۡ وَقَعَدُوا۟ لَوۡ أَطَاعُونَا مَا قُتِلُوا۟ۗ قُلۡ فَٱدۡرَءُوا۟ عَنۡ أَنفُسِكُمُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ١٦٨
Transliteration (2021)
alladhīna qālū li-ikh'wānihim waqaʿadū law aṭāʿūnā mā qutilū qul fa-id'raū ʿan anfusikumu l-mawta in kuntum ṣādiqīn