Surah Ar-Ra'd (الرعد) • The Thunder

Quran 13:42

13:42

وَقَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلْكُفَّـٰرُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ

waqad makara alladhīna min qablihim falillahi l-makru jamīʿan yaʿlamu mā taksibu kullu nafsin wasayaʿlamu l-kufāru liman ʿuq'bā l-dāri

And those before them had plotted, but to Allāh belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.

— Saheeh International

Those before them also schemed, but the overall scheme belongs to God: He knows what each soul does. In the end, the disbelievers will find out who will have the excellent home.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And verily, those before them did devise plots, but all planning is Allâh’s. He knows what every person earns, and the disbelievers will know who gets the good end (final destination).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 13Page 254medinan

Word by Word

وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
مَكَرَmakaraplotted
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
مِنmin(were) from
قَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them
فَلِلَّهِfalillahibut for Allah
ٱلْمَكْرُl-makru(is) the plot
جَمِيعًۭاۖjamīʿanall
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
مَاmāwhat
تَكْسِبُtaksibuearns
كُلُّkulluevery
نَفْسٍۢۗnafsinsoul
وَسَيَعْلَمُwasayaʿlamuand will know
ٱلْكُفَّـٰرُl-kufāruthe disbelievers
لِمَنْlimanfor whom
عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is) the final
ٱلدَّارِl-dārithe home