27. Surah An-Naml, Verse 50
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْراً وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْراً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Wamakaroo makran wamakarna makranwahum la yashAAuroon
They hatched a plot and We hatched a plot while they were not aware.
- Progressive Muslims
And they schemed a scheme and We schemed a scheme, while they did not notice.
- Shabbir Ahmed
And so they devised an evil scheme. But Our ever-vigilant Law of Requital invariably has counter designs. And they perceived it not.
- Sam Gerrans
And they schemed a scheme, and We schemed a scheme; and they perceived not.
- The Monotheist Group
And they schemed a scheme and We schemed a scheme, while they did not notice.
- Edip-Layth
They plotted a scheme and We plotted a scheme, while they did not notice.
- Aisha Bewley
They hatched a plot and We hatched a plot while they were not aware.
- Rashad Khalifa
They plotted and schemed, but we also plotted and schemed, while they did not perceive.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
They hatched up the plot; We also planned without their knowledge.
- Sahih International
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
- Muhammad Asad
And so they devised an evil scheme; but We devised a subtle scheme (of Our own), and they perceived it not.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
So they plotted a plot: and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
And with cleverness in circumventing, they had recourse to stratagem and in Our plan We also had recourse to stratagem which they failed to perceive.
- Bijan Moeinian
They had their own plot and God had His own scheme of which they were unaware
- Al-Hilali & Khan
So they plotted a plot, and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while they perceived it not.
- Mustafa Khattab
And ˹so˺ they made a plan, but We too made a plan, while they were unaware.
- Taqi Usmani
Thus they devised a plan, and We devised a plan, while they were not aware.
- Abdul Haleem
So they devised their evil plan, but We too made a plan of which they were unaware.
- Arthur John Arberry
And they devised a device, and We likewise devised a device, while they were not aware;
- E. Henry Palmer
And they plotted a plot, and we plotted a plot, but they did not perceive.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Said they, "Swear to each other by Allah that we will surely fall on him and his people by night; then we will surely say unto his family, 'We witnessed not the destruction of his household; and we are truth tellers!'"
- Mahmoud Ghali
And they schemed a scheme, and We schemed a scheme, and they were not aware.
- George Sale
And they devised a plot against him: But We devised a plot against them; and they perceived it not.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
So they plotted and planned but We too planned, even while they were not aware of it.
- Amatul Rahman Omar
And they hatched a plot and We likewise brought forth a counter plan of which they were not aware (that their plotting would go in vain).
- Ali Quli Qarai
They devised a plot, and We [too] devised a plan, but they were not aware.