Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:50

27:50

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

wamakarū makran wamakarnā makran wahum lā yashʿurūna

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.

— Saheeh International

So they devised their evil plan, but We too made a plan of which they were unaware.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So they plotted a plot, and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.

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

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Word by Word

وَمَكَرُوا۟wamakarūSo they plotted
مَكْرًۭاmakrana plot
وَمَكَرْنَاwamakarnāand We planned
مَكْرًۭاmakrana plan
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
لَاlā(did) not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive