Quran 10:21 — Yunus, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No sooner do We let people taste some mercy after some hardship has afflicted them, than they begin to scheme against Our revelations. Say, ‘God schemes even faster.’ Our messengersrecord all your scheming.
وَإِذَا أَذَقْنَا النَّاسَ رَحْمَةً مِنْ بَعْدِ ضَرَّاءَ مَسَّتْهُمْ إِذَا لَهُمْ مَكْرٌ فِي آيَاتِنَا ۚ قُلِ اللَّهُ أَسْرَعُ مَكْرًا ۚ إِنَّ رُسُلَنَا يَكْتُبُونَ مَا تَمْكُرُونَ
wa-idhā adhaqnā l-nāsa raḥmatan min baʿdi ḍarrāa massathum idhā lahum makrun fī āyātinā quli l-lahu asraʿu makran inna rusulanā yaktubūna mā tamkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When We let the people taste mercy after hardship has visited them, lo, they have a device concerning Our signs. Say: 'God is swifter at devising; surely Our messengers are writing down what you are devising.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [thus it is:] whenever We let [such] people taste [some of Our] grace after hardship has visited them-lo! they forthwith turn to devising false arguments against Our messages. Say: "God is swifter [than you] in His deep devising!" Behold, Our [heavenly] messengers are recording all that you may devise!
- Sahih International
- And when We give the people a taste of mercy after adversity has touched them, at once they conspire against Our verses. Say, "Allāh is swifter in strategy." Indeed, Our messengers [i.e., angels] record that which you conspire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَآwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | أَذَقْنَاadhaqnā | We let [the] mankind taste | ذوق |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | We let [the] mankind taste | نوس |
| 4 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | mercy | رحم |
| 5 | مِّنۢmin | after | — |
| 6 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 7 | ضَرَّآءَḍarrāa | adversity | ضرر |
| 8 | مَسَّتْهُمْmassathum | has touched them | مسس |
| 9 | إِذَاidhā | behold | — |
| 10 | لَهُمlahum | They have | — |
| 11 | مَّكْرٌۭmakrun | a plot | مكر |
| 12 | فِىٓfī | against | — |
| 13 | ءَايَاتِنَا ۚāyātinā | Our Verses | أيي |
| 14 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 16 | أَسْرَعُasraʿu | (is) more swift | سرع |
| 17 | مَكْرًا ۚmakran | (in) planning | مكر |
| 18 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 19 | رُسُلَنَاrusulanā | Our Messengers | رسل |
| 20 | يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūna | write down | كتب |
| 21 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 22 | تَمْكُرُونَtamkurūna | you plot | مكر |