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Quran 7:99

Surah Al-A'raaf, Verse 99

Juz 9 · Page 163 · Ruku 133 · Meccan

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

Word by word

أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ afa-aminū Then did they feel secure مَكْرَ makra (from the) plan ٱللَّهِ ۚ l-lahi (of) Allah فَلَا falā But not يَأْمَنُ yamanu feel secure مَكْرَ makra (from the) plan ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah إِلَّا illā except ٱلْقَوْمُ l-qawmu the people ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَ l-khāsirūna (who are) the losers

Transliteration

Afaaminoo makra Allahi falaya/manu makra Allahi illa alqawmu alkhasiroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

Are they then secure from Allah's scheme? None deemeth himself secure from Allah's scheme save folk that perish.

Yusuf Ali — 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!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( فلا يأمن مكر الله إلا القوم الخاسرون ) ; ولهذا قال الحسن البصري ، رحمه الله : المؤمن يعمل بالطاعات وهو مشفق وجل خائف ، والفاجر يعمل بالمعاصي وهو آمن .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.