Ar-Ra’d 13:42 وقد مكر الذين من قبلهم فلله المكر جميعا يعلم ما تكسب كل نفس وسيعلم الكفار لمن عقبى الدار ٤٢
وَقَدۡ
مَكَرَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
مِن
قَبۡلِهِمۡ
فَلِلَّهِ
ٱلۡمَكۡرُ
جَمِيعٗاۖ
يَعۡلَمُ
مَا
تَكۡسِبُ
كُلُّ
نَفۡسٖۗ
وَسَيَعۡلَمُ
ٱلۡكُفَّٰرُ
لِمَنۡ
عُقۡبَى
ٱلدَّارِ
٤٢
Those ˹disbelievers˺ before them ˹secretly˺ planned, but Allah has the ultimate plan. He knows what every soul commits. And the disbelievers will soon know who will have the ultimate outcome.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And those before them had plotted, but to Allāh belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Disbelievers plot, but the Believers gain the Good End
Allah says,
وَقَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ
(And verily, those before them did devise plots,) against their Messengers, they wanted to expel them from their land, but Allah devised plots against the disbelievers and gave the good end to
…The Disbelievers plot, but the Believers gain the Good End
Allah says,
وَقَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ
(And verily, those before them did devise p
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