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Yunus 21

Ayah 21 of 109 · Meccan

وَإِذَآ أَذَقۡنَا ٱلنَّاسَ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۢ بَعۡدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتۡهُمۡ إِذَا لَهُم مَّكۡرٞ فِيٓ ءَايَاتِنَاۚ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَسۡرَعُ مَكۡرًاۚ إِنَّ رُسُلَنَا يَكۡتُبُونَ مَا تَمۡكُرُونَ ٢١

And when We give the people a taste of mercy after adversity has touched them, at once they conspire against Our verses. Say, "Allāh is swifter in strategy." Indeed, Our messengers [i.e., angels] record that which you conspire.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَآAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. أَذَقۡنَاWe let [the] mankind tasteadhaqnā
  3. ٱلنَّاسَWe let [the] mankind tastel-nāsa
  4. رَحۡمَةٗmercyraḥmatan
  5. مِّنۢaftermin
  6. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  7. ضَرَّآءَadversityḍarrāa
  8. مَسَّتۡهُمۡhas touched themmassathum
  9. إِذَاbeholdidhā
  10. لَهُمThey havelahum
  11. مَّكۡرٞa plotmakrun
  12. فِيٓagainstfī
  13. ءَايَاتِنَاۚOur Versesāyātinā
  14. قُلِSayquli
  15. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  16. أَسۡرَعُ(is) more swiftasraʿu
  17. مَكۡرًاۚ(in) planningmakran
  18. إِنَّIndeedinna
  19. رُسُلَنَاOur Messengersrusulanā
  20. يَكۡتُبُونَwrite downyaktubūna
  21. مَاwhatmā
  22. تَمۡكُرُونَyou plottamkurūna

Tafsir

If Allah makes the idolaters experience some mercy, such as rain and abundance after drought and suffering, they start to plot and scheme in rejection of Allah’s signs. Say O Messenger to these idolaters, that Allah is quicker at plotting and in enticing and luring them, and quicker in dealing His Punishment. The angels record what they plan in the way of scheming, and nothing escapes them, so how could it escape their Creator? Allah will repay them for their scheming.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran