سورة آل عمران، الآية ٥٤
وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ ٥٤
wamakarū wamakara l-lahu wal-lahu khayru l-mākirīna
And they [i.e., the disbelievers] planned, but Allāh planned. And Allāh is the best of planners.
Verse 54 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:54), a Medinan surah, is in juz 3, on page 57 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.
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The disbelievers from the Israelites plotted to kill Jesus (peace be upon him), so Allah planned to leave them in their misguidance; and He made another person resemble Jesus (peace be upon him) on the occasion when they actually tried to murder him. Allah is the best plotter, because there can be nothing more severe than His plot against His enemies.
And [the disbelievers] devised a plan, but Allah also made a plan22, and Allah is the best of planners.
[22] The disbelievers among the Children of Israel plotted to kill Jesus (عليه السلام) but Allah saved him and instead facilitated that they seized his look-alike without them realizing it.
And they (disbelievers) plotted to kill ‘Îsâ [(Jesus) عليه السلام], and Allâh plotted too. And Allâh is the Best of those who plot.
And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers.
And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the best of planners is Allah.
And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is the best of planners.
And they schemed, and Allah schemed, and Allah is The Most Charitable of schemers.
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ
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.
