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Ali Quli Qara'i
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May it not be that if you were to wield authority you would cause corruption in the land and ill-treat your blood relations?
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Pickthal
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Would ye then, if ye were given the command, work corruption in the land and sever your ties of kinship?
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Shakir
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But if you held command, you were sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship!
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Yusufali
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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?
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