7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 99
اَفَاَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللّٰهِۚ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللّٰهِ اِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ۟
Afaaminoo makra Allahi falaya/manu makra Allahi illa alqawmu alkhasiroon
Do they feel secure against Allah’s devising? No one feels secure against Allah’s devising except for those who are lost.
- Progressive Muslims
Have they become sure about God's scheming None are sure about God's scheming except the people who are losers.
- Shabbir Ahmed
Do they feel secure from the subtle progression of the Divine Laws? Do they think that the Divine Law grants them unconditional security? Only the losers feel secure from the subtle progression of Allah's Law of Requital.
- Sam Gerrans
Did they then feel secure from the scheme of God? And none feels secure from the scheme of God save the losing people.
- The Monotheist Group
Have they become secure about the scheming of God? None are secure about the scheming of God except the people who are the losers.
- Edip-Layth
Have they become sure about God's scheming? None feels secure about God's scheming except the losing people.
- Aisha Bewley
Do they feel secure against Allah’s devising? No one feels secure against Allah’s devising except for those who are lost.
- Rashad Khalifa
Have they taken GOD's plans for granted? None takes GOD's plans for granted except the losers.
- Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Can they remain secure against the plan of God? Only they feel secure against the plan of God who are certain of being ruined.
- Sahih International
Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah ? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allah except the losing people.
- 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.
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's scheme save folk that perish.
- Abdel Khalek Himmat
Do they feel secure and from ignorance, their comfort flows to the extent that they can escape an event destined to happen according to Allah's plan! Indeed, no one in his own sound mind feels secure against Allah's predetermined actions but those who are born to be losers.
- Bijan Moeinian
Are they not afraid of the Lord's plan? The fact of the matter is, only the losers are not afraid of the Lord's punishment.
- Al-Hilali & Khan
Did they then feel secure against the Plan of Allâh? None feels secure from the Plan of Allâh except the people who are the losers.
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Did they then feel secure against the plan of Allah?- but no one can feel secure from the Plan of Allah, except those (doomed) to ruin!
- Mustafa Khattab
Did they feel secure against Allah’s planning? None would feel secure from Allah’s planning except the losers.
- Taqi Usmani
Do they feel secure from Allah’s plan? None can feel secure from Allah’s plan except the people who are losers.
- Abdul Haleem
Do they feel secure against God’s plan? Only the losers feel secure against God’s plan.
- Arthur John Arberry
Do they feel secure against God's devising? None feels secure against God's devising but the people of the lost.
- E. Henry Palmer
were they secure from the craft of God? none feel secure from the craft of God except a people that shall lose.
- Hamid S. Aziz
Were they secure from the Plan of Allah? None deems himself secure from the Plan of Allah except a people that are doomed to perish.
- Mahmoud Ghali
So, do they feel secure against the scheming of Allah? Then none feels secure against the scheming of Allah except the people (who) are the losers.
- George Sale
Are they then secure from the design of Allah? And none feels secure from the design of Allah save the people who are destined to perish.
- Syed Vickar Ahamed
Did they then feel safe against the Plan of Allah? But no one can feel safe from the Plan of Allah, except those (falling) into (his own) ruin!]
- Amatul Rahman Omar
Do they feel secure from the design of Allâh? No one at all feels secure from Allâh's design, except the people who are (doomed to be) losers.
- Ali Quli Qarai
Do they feel secure from Allah’s devising? No one feels secure from Allah’s devising except the people who are losers.