Quran 52:42 — At-Tur, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they think they can ensnare you? It is the disbelievers who have been ensnared.
أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ
am yurīdūna kaydan fa-alladhīna kafarū humu l-makīdūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or desire they to outwit? The unbelievers, they are the outwitted.
- Muhammad Asad
- Or do they want to entrap [thee in contradictions]? But they who are bent on denying the truth - it is they who are truly entrapped!
- Sahih International
- Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | يُرِيدُونَyurīdūna | (do) they intend | رود |
| 3 | كَيْدًۭا ۖkaydan | a plot | كيد |
| 4 | فَٱلَّذِينَfa-alladhīna | But those who | — |
| 5 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 6 | هُمُhumu | themselves | — |
| 7 | ٱلْمَكِيدُونَl-makīdūna | (are in) the plot | كيد |