Fátir 35:43 استكبارا في الارض ومكر السيي ولا يحيق المكر السيي الا باهله فهل ينظرون الا سنت الاولين فلن تجد لسنت الله تبديلا ولن تجد لسنت الله تحويلا ٤٣
ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا
فِي
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَمَكۡرَ
ٱلسَّيِّيِٕۚ
وَلَا
يَحِيقُ
ٱلۡمَكۡرُ
ٱلسَّيِّئُ
إِلَّا
بِأَهۡلِهِۦۚ
فَهَلۡ
يَنظُرُونَ
إِلَّا
سُنَّتَ
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَۚ
فَلَن
تَجِدَ
لِسُنَّتِ
ٱللَّهِ
تَبۡدِيلٗاۖ
وَلَن
تَجِدَ
لِسُنَّتِ
ٱللَّهِ
تَحۡوِيلًا
٤٣
behaving arrogantly in the land and plotting evil. But evil plotting only backfires on those who plot. Are they awaiting anything but the fate of those ˹destroyed˺ before? You will find no change in the way of Allah, nor will you find it diverted ˹to someone else˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
[Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of Allāh any change, and you will never find in the way of Allāh1 any alteration.2
— Saheeh International
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
They longed for a Warner to come, but when He came, They disbelieved in Him
Allah tells us how Quraysh and the Arabs swore by Allah their most binding oath before the Messenger came to them,
لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الاٍّمَمِ
(that if a warner came to them, they would
…They longed for a Warner to come, but when He came, They disbelieved in Him
Allah tells us how Quraysh and the Arabs swore by Allah their most binding
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