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Surah Ibrahim, Verse 46

سورة ابراهيم، الآية ٤٦

14:46 Juz 13 Hizb 26 Page 261 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 14:46

وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَكْرُهُمْ وَإِن كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ ٱلْجِبَالُ ۝٤٦

Transliteration

waqad makarū makrahum waʿinda l-lahi makruhum wa-in kāna makruhum litazūla min'hu l-jibālu

Translation

And they had planned their plan, but with Allāh is [recorded] their plan, even if their plan had been [sufficient] to do away with the mountains.665

Notes

[665] An alternative meaning is "...and their plan was not [sufficient] to do away with the mountains," i.e., it had no effect against Allāh's will.

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Tafsir of verse 46

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who took up residence in the living spaces of the wrongful nations arranged a plot to kill the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and put an end to his mission. Allah knows of their plans and nothing remains hidden from Him. Their plan was weak, for it is unable to move the mountains or anything else, contrary to Allah’s plan against them.

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Other translations of verse 46

They hatched their plot34, but their plot was known to Allah; even if their plot were such that would move mountains35.

Notes

[34] i.e., to kill the Prophet (ﷺ).
[35] But due to its feebleness, their plotting was never to remove mountains.

Indeed, they planned their plot, and their plot was with Allâh, though their plot was not such as to remove the mountains (real mountains or the Islâmic law) from their places (as it is of no importance)[Tafsir Ibn Kathir]6.

Notes

[6] (V.14:46) It is said by some interpreters regarding this Verse that the Quraish pagans plotted against Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to kill him but they failed and were unable to carry out their plot which they plotted.

Verily they have plotted their plot, and their plot is with Allah, though their plot were one whereby the mountains should be moved.

Mighty indeed were the plots which they made, but their plots were (well) within the sight of Allah, even though they were such as to shake the hills!

And they have indeed planned their plan, but their plan is with Allah, though their plan was such that the mountains should pass away thereby.

And they readily schemed their scheming, and their scheming is in the Providence of Allah, and decidedly their scheming was such that thereby mountains should be removed.

Verse 46 word by word

  1. وَقَدْ waqad And indeed
  2. مَكَرُوا۟ makarū they planned م ك ر
  3. مَكْرَهُمْ makrahum their plan م ك ر
  4. وَعِندَ waʿinda but with ع ن د
  5. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  6. مَكْرُهُمْ makruhum (was) their plan م ك ر
  7. وَإِن wa-in even if
  8. كَانَ kāna was ك و ن
  9. مَكْرُهُمْ makruhum their plan م ك ر
  10. لِتَزُولَ litazūla that should be moved ز و ل
  11. مِنْهُ min'hu by it
  12. ٱلْجِبَالُ l-jibālu the mountains ج ب ل

Verses related to verse 46

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Isra 17:37

    وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًا إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولًا

    And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height.

  • Maryam 19:90–91

    تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا …

    The heavens almost rupture therefrom and the earth splits open and the mountains collapse in devastation …

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