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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 123of 165

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ﴿١٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

Word-by-word meaning

وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe placed
فِىin
كُلِّkullievery
قَرْيَةٍqaryatincity
أَكَـٰبِرَakābiragreatest
مُجْرِمِيهَاmuj'rimīhā(of) its criminals
لِيَمْكُرُوا۟liyamkurūso that they plot
فِيهَا ۖfīhātherein
وَمَاwamāAnd not
يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plot
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimagainst themselves
وَمَاwamāand not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Evil Plots of the Leaders of the Criminals and their Subsequent DemiseAllah says: Just as We appointed chiefs and leaders for the criminals who call to disbelief, hinder from the path of Allah, and oppose and defy you in your town, O Muhammad. Such was also the case with the Messengers before you, who were tested with the same. But the good end was always theirs.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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