Quran 8:30 — Al-Anfaal, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Remember [Prophet] when the disbelievers plotted to take you captive, kill, or expel you. They schemed and so did God: He is the best of schemers.
وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ ۚ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ ۖ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ
wa-idh yamkuru bika alladhīna kafarū liyuth'bitūka aw yaqtulūka aw yukh'rijūka wayamkurūna wayamkuru l-lahu wal-lahu khayru l-mākirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when the unbelievers were devising against thee, to confine thee, or slay thee, or to expel thee, and were devising, and God was devising; and God is the best of devisers.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember, O Prophet,] how those who were bent on denying the truth were scheming against thee, in order to restrain thee [from preaching], or to slay thee, or to drive thee away: thus have they [always] schemed: but God brought their scheming to nought-for God is above all schemers.
- Sahih International
- And [remember, O Muḥammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | يَمْكُرُyamkuru | plotted | مكر |
| 3 | بِكَbika | against you | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 6 | لِيُثْبِتُوكَliyuth'bitūka | that they restrain you | ثبت |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | يَقْتُلُوكَyaqtulūka | kill you | قتل |
| 9 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 10 | يُخْرِجُوكَ ۚyukh'rijūka | drive you out | خرج |
| 11 | وَيَمْكُرُونَwayamkurūna | And they were planning | مكر |
| 12 | وَيَمْكُرُwayamkuru | and (also) was planning | مكر |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 14 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 15 | خَيْرُkhayru | is (the) Best | خير |
| 16 | ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَl-mākirīna | (of) the Planners | مكر |