Al-An’ám 6:123 وكذالك جعلنا في كل قرية اكابر مجرميها ليمكروا فيها وما يمكرون الا بانفسهم وما يشعرون ١٢٣
وَكَذَٰلِكَ
جَعَلۡنَا
فِي
كُلِّ
قَرۡيَةٍ
أَكَٰبِرَ
مُجۡرِمِيهَا
لِيَمۡكُرُواْ
فِيهَاۖ
وَمَا
يَمۡكُرُونَ
إِلَّا
بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ
وَمَا
يَشۡعُرُونَ
١٢٣
And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.
— Saheeh International
And so We have placed in every society the most wicked to conspire in it. Yet they plot only against themselves, but they fail to perceive it.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
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