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Fatir 43

Ayah 43 of 45 · Meccan

ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَكۡرَ ٱلسَّيِّيِٕۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلۡمَكۡرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهۡلِهِۦۚ فَهَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبۡدِيلٗاۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحۡوِيلًا ٤٣

[Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of Allāh any change, and you will never find in the way of Allāh1 any alteration.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., in His punishment of those who deny the prophets.

2 Or "transfer" of punishment to others in place of them.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا(Due to) arroganceis'tik'bāran
  2. فِيinfī
  3. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe landl-arḍi
  4. وَمَكۡرَand plottingwamakra
  5. ٱلسَّيِّيِٕۚ(of) the evill-sayi-i
  6. وَلَاbut notwalā
  7. يَحِيقُencompassesyaḥīqu
  8. ٱلۡمَكۡرُthe plotl-makru
  9. ٱلسَّيِّئُ(of) the evill-sayi-u
  10. إِلَّاexceptillā
  11. بِأَهۡلِهِۦۚits own peoplebi-ahlihi
  12. فَهَلۡThen dofahal
  13. يَنظُرُونَthey waityanẓurūna
  14. إِلَّاexceptillā
  15. سُنَّتَ(the) waysunnata
  16. ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَۚ(of) the former (people)l-awalīna
  17. فَلَنBut neverfalan
  18. تَجِدَyou will findtajida
  19. لِسُنَّتِin (the) waylisunnati
  20. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  21. تَبۡدِيلٗاۖany changetabdīlan
  22. وَلَنand neverwalan
  23. تَجِدَyou will findtajida
  24. لِسُنَّتِin (the) waylisunnati
  25. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  26. تَحۡوِيلًاany alterationtaḥwīlan

Tafsir

The oaths that they took in Allah’s name was not done in good faith and with a sound objective. It was only to be arrogant on earth and to deceive people. An evil plot only rebounds on those who plotted it. So are these arrogant plotters waiting for anything but Allah’s established practice, which is their destruction as He had destroyed those predecessors of theirs who were similar to them. You will not find any change to Allah’s practice in destroying those who are arrogant, such that the destruction does not come on them, nor any diversion such that it falls on others besides them, because it is an established divine practice.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran