Surah Yunus 10:21 — translation and meaning

يونس · Verse 21 / 109 · Page 211

ۚ ۚ وَإِذَا أَذَقْنَا النَّاسَ رَحْمَةً مِّن بَعْدِ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُمْ إِذَا لَهُم مَّكْرٌ فِي آيَاتِنَا قُلِ اللَّهُ أَسْرَعُ مَكْرًا إِنَّ رُسُلَنَا يَكْتُبُونَ مَا تَمْكُرُونَ

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ۚ
ۚ
وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
أَذَقْنَا
adhaqna
We let [the] mankind taste
النَّاسَ
al-nasa
We let [the] mankind taste
رَحْمَةً
rahmatan
mercy
مِّن
min
after
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
ضَرَّاءَ
darraa
adversity
مَسَّتْهُمْ
massathum
has touched them
إِذَا
idha
behold
لَهُم
lahum
They have
مَّكْرٌ
makrun
a plot
فِي
fi
against
آيَاتِنَا
ayatina
Our Verses
قُلِ
quli
Say
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
أَسْرَعُ
asra'u
(is) more swift
مَكْرًا
makran
(in) planning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رُسُلَنَا
rusulana
Our Messengers
يَكْتُبُونَ
yaktubuna
write down
مَا
ma
what
تَمْكُرُونَ
tamkuruna
you plot

Transliteration

Wa izaaa azaqnan naasa rahmatam mim ba'di darraaa'a massat hum izaa lahum makrun feee aayaatinaa; qulil laahu asra'u makraa; inna rusulanaa yaktuboona maa tamkuroon

Translation

And when We give the people a taste of mercy after adversity has touched them, at once they conspire against Our verses. Say, "Allah is swifter in strategy." Indeed, Our messengers record that which you conspire

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If Allah makes the idolaters experience some mercy, such as rain and abundance after drought and suffering, they start to plot and scheme in rejection of Allah’s signs. Say O Messenger to these idolaters, that Allah is quicker at plotting and in enticing and luring them, and quicker in dealing His Punishment. The angels record what they plan in the way of scheming, and nothing escapes them, so how could it escape their Creator? Allah will repay them for their scheming.

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

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