Quran 35:43 — Faatir, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
became more arrogant in the land, and intensified their plotting of evil- the plotting of evil only rebounds on those who plot. Do they expect anything but what happened to earlier people? You will never find any change in God’s practice; you will never find any deviation there.
اسْتِكْبَارًا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّيِّئِ ۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ ۚ فَهَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ الْأَوَّلِينَ ۚ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا ۖ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللَّهِ تَحْوِيلًا
is'tik'bāran fī l-arḍi wamakra l-sayi-i walā yaḥīqu l-makru l-sayi-u illā bi-ahlihi fahal yanẓurūna illā sunnata l-awalīna falan tajida lisunnati l-lahi tabdīlan walan tajida lisunnati l-lahi taḥwīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- waxing proud in the land, and devising evil; but evil devising encompasses only those who do it; So do they expect anything but the wont of the ancients? And thou shalt never find any changing the Wont of God, and thou shalt never find any altering the wont of God.
- Muhammad Asad
- their arrogant behaviour on earth, and their devising of evil [arguments against God’s messages]. Yet [in the end,] such evil scheming will engulf none but its authors: and can they expect anything but [to be made to go] the way of those [sinners] of olden times? Thus [it is]: no change wilt thou ever find in God’s way; yea, no deviation wilt thou ever find in God’s way!
- Sahih International
- [Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of Allāh any change, and you will never find in the way of Allāh any alteration.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭاis'tik'bāran | (Due to) arrogance | كبر |
| 2 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 3 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 4 | وَمَكْرَwamakra | and plotting | مكر |
| 5 | ٱلسَّيِّئِ ۚl-sayi-i | (of) the evil | سوأ |
| 6 | وَلَاwalā | but not | — |
| 7 | يَحِيقُyaḥīqu | encompasses | حيق |
| 8 | ٱلْمَكْرُl-makru | the plot | مكر |
| 9 | ٱلسَّيِّئُl-sayi-u | (of) the evil | سوأ |
| 10 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 11 | بِأَهْلِهِۦ ۚbi-ahlihi | its own people | أهل |
| 12 | فَهَلْfahal | Then do | — |
| 13 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | they wait | نظر |
| 14 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 15 | سُنَّتَsunnata | (the) way | سنن |
| 16 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۚl-awalīna | (of) the former (people) | أول |
| 17 | فَلَنfalan | But never | — |
| 18 | تَجِدَtajida | you will find | وجد |
| 19 | لِسُنَّتِlisunnati | in (the) way | سنن |
| 20 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 21 | تَبْدِيلًۭا ۖtabdīlan | any change | بدل |
| 22 | وَلَنwalan | and never | — |
| 23 | تَجِدَtajida | you will find | وجد |
| 24 | لِسُنَّتِlisunnati | in (the) way | سنن |
| 25 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 26 | تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlan | any alteration | حول |