Quran 7:99 — Al-A'raaf, verse 99
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they feel secure against God’s plan? Only the losers feel secure against God’s plan.
أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ ۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ
afa-aminū makra l-lahi falā yamanu makra l-lahi illā l-qawmu l-khāsirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do they feel secure against God's devising? None feels secure against God's devising but the people of the lost.
- Muhammad Asad
- Can they, then, ever feel secure from God's deep devising? But none feels secure from God's deep devising save people who are [already] lost.
- Sahih International
- Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَأَمِنُوا۟afa-aminū | Then did they feel secure | أمن |
| 2 | مَكْرَmakra | (from the) plan | مكر |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 4 | فَلَاfalā | But not | — |
| 5 | يَأْمَنُyamanu | feel secure | أمن |
| 6 | مَكْرَmakra | (from the) plan | مكر |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmu | the people | قوم |
| 10 | ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna | (who are) the losers | خسر |