Surah Al-Anbiya 21:70 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 70 / 112 · Page 327

وَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَخْسَرِينَ

Word by Word

وَأَرَادُوا
wa-aradu
And they intended
بِهِ
bihi
for him
كَيْدًا
kaydan
a plan
فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ
faja'alnahumu
but We made them
الْأَخْسَرِينَ
al-akhsarina
the greatest losers

Transliteration

Wa araadoo bihee kaidan faja'alnaahumul akhsareen

Translation

And they intended for him harm, but We made them the greatest losers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Abraham’s (peace be upon him) people planned to burn him and I foiled their plan. Rather, I made them the ones who were overpowered and destroyed.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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