Surah Al-Anfal (الأنفال) • The Spoils of War

Quran 8:30

8:30

وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ ۚ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَ

wa-idh yamkuru bika alladhīna kafarū liyuth'bitūka aw yaqtulūka aw yukh'rijūka wayamkurūna wayamkuru l-lahu wal-lahu khayru l-mākirīna

And [remember, O Muḥammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners.

— Saheeh International

Remember [Prophet] when the disbelievers plotted to take you captive, kill, or expel you. They schemed and so did God: He is the best of schemers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And (remember) when the disbelievers plotted against you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) to imprison you, or to kill you, or to get you out (from your home, i.e. Makkah); they were plotting and Allâh too was plotting; and Allâh is the Best of those who plot.

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

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وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
يَمْكُرُyamkuruplotted
بِكَbikaagainst you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
لِيُثْبِتُوكَliyuth'bitūkathat they restrain you
أَوْawor
يَقْتُلُوكَyaqtulūkakill you
أَوْawor
يُخْرِجُوكَۚyukh'rijūkadrive you out
وَيَمْكُرُونَwayamkurūnaAnd they were planning
وَيَمْكُرُwayamkuruand (also) was planning
ٱللَّهُۖl-lahuAllah
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
خَيْرُkhayruis (the) Best
ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَl-mākirīna(of) the Planners