سورة النمل، الآية ٥٠
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ ٥٠
wamakarū makran wamakarnā makran wahum lā yashʿurūna
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
Verse 50 of Surah An-Naml (27:50), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 381 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.
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And they secretly made a plan to destroy Salih and his followers amongst the believers, and I also made a plan to help him, save him from their plan and to destroy the disbelievers from his people, whilst they did not know that.
Thus they made a plan and We too made a plan, but they were unaware of it.
So they plotted a plot, and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
So they plotted a plot: and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while they perceived it not.
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan while they perceived not.
And they schemed a scheme, and We schemed a scheme, and they were not aware.
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِى دَارِكُمْ ثَلَٰثَةَ أَيَّامٍ ذَٰلِكَ وَعْدٌ غَيْرُ مَكْذُوبٍ
But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied [i.e., unfailing]."
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.
