Quran 37:98 — As-Saaffaat, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them.
فَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَسْفَلِينَ
fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They desired to outwit him; so We made them the lower ones.
- Muhammad Asad
- But whereas they sought to do evil unto him, We [frustrated their designs, and thus] brought them low?
- Sahih International
- And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَرَادُوا۟fa-arādū | And they intended | رود |
| 2 | بِهِۦbihi | for him | — |
| 3 | كَيْدًۭاkaydan | a plot | كيد |
| 4 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُfajaʿalnāhumu | but We made them | جعل |
| 5 | ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَl-asfalīna | the lowest | سفل |