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Fatir (Originator)

Verse 43of 45

ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ ٱلسَّيِّئِ ۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلْمَكْرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِۦ ۚ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًۭا ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحْوِيلًا﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

[Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way of Allah any change, and you will never find in the way of Allah any alteration.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭاis'tik'bāran(Due to) arrogance
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
وَمَكْرَwamakraand plotting
ٱلسَّيِّئِ ۚl-sayi-i(of) the evil
وَلَاwalābut not
يَحِيقُyaḥīquencompasses
ٱلْمَكْرُl-makruthe plot
ٱلسَّيِّئُl-sayi-u(of) the evil
إِلَّاillāexcept
بِأَهْلِهِۦ ۚbi-ahlihiits own people
فَهَلْfahalThen do
يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūnathey wait
إِلَّاillāexcept
سُنَّتَsunnata(the) way
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۚl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
فَلَنfalanBut never
تَجِدَtajidayou will find
لِسُنَّتِlisunnatiin (the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
تَبْدِيلًۭا ۖtabdīlanany change
وَلَنwalanand never
تَجِدَtajidayou will find
لِسُنَّتِlisunnatiin (the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
تَحْوِيلًاtaḥwīlanany alteration

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

They longed for a Warner to come, but when He came, They disbelieved in HimAllah tells us how Quraysh and the Arabs swore by Allah their most binding oath before the Messenger came to them,لَئِن جَآءَهُمْ نَذِيرٌ لَّيَكُونُنَّ أَهْدَى مِنْ إِحْدَى الاٍّمَمِ(that if a warner came to them, they would be more guided than any of the nations;) i.e., than any of the nations to whom Messengers had been sent. This was the view of Ad-Dahhak and others.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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