Surah Al-Anfal 8:30 — translation and meaning

الأنفال · Verse 30 / 75 · Page 180

ۚ ۖ وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
ۖ
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
يَمْكُرُ
yamkuru
plotted
بِكَ
bika
against you
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
disbelieved
لِيُثْبِتُوكَ
liyuth'bituka
that they restrain you
أَوْ
aw
or
يَقْتُلُوكَ
yaqtuluka
kill you
أَوْ
aw
or
يُخْرِجُوكَ
yukh'rijuka
drive you out
وَيَمْكُرُونَ
wayamkuruna
And they were planning
وَيَمْكُرُ
wayamkuru
and (also) was planning
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
خَيْرُ
khayru
is (the) Best
الْمَاكِرِينَ
al-makirina
(of) the Planners

Transliteration

Wa iz yamkuru bikal lazeena kafaroo liyusbitooka aw yaqtulooka aw yukhrijook; wa yamkuroona wa yamkurul laahu wallaahu khairul maakireen

Translation

And [remember, O Muhammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Remember, O Messenger, when the idolaters joined forces against you, plotting to kill or imprison you, or to drive you out of your homeland to another place. They plotted, and Allah turned their plot upon themselves, and Allah plans, and He is the best of planners.

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

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