سورة الأعراف، الآية ١٨٣
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ١٨٣
wa-um'lī lahum inna kaydī matīnun
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
Verse 183 of Surah Al-A’raf (7:183), a Meccan surah, is in juz 9, on page 174 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.
78 recitations by 72 reciters: pick one and it plays in the player.
I delay the punishment of such people until they think they will not receive a punishment, so they keep increasing in their rejection and disbelief, thus their punishment also increases. My Planning is Strong-I outwardly display to them Kindness, but I intend for them to be forsaken.
I will give them respite, but My plan is firm.
And I respite them; certainly My Plan is strong.
I give them rein (for) lo! My scheme is strong.
Respite will I grant unto them: for My scheme is strong (and unfailing).
And I grant them respite; surely My scheme is effective.
And I reprieve them; surely My plotting is constantly pervading..
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
