The Quran

سورة الطُّور

Surah Al-Tûr 52:42

The Mount · Verse 42 of 49

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هُمُ الْمَكِيدُونَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Do they intend to wage a war (against you)? But (remember) it is those who disbelieve that will be the victims of (their own) strategy of war.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!

Ahmed Ali

Or do they want to stage a deception? -- Then only those who do not believe will be the ones who will be tricked.

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Ali Unal

Or do they intend a plot (to entrap you so as to defeat your mission)? Yet it is those who disbelieve who are entrapped (in so plotting, because they deny themselves God’s blessings in both worlds).

Daryabadi

Seek they to lay a plot? Then those who disbelieve it is they who shall be plotted against.

Faridul Haque

Or are they planning a conspiracy? So the conspiracy will befall only upon the disbelievers.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

Or do they intend a plot? But those who disbelieve will be the ensnared ones in the plot.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Do they intend to devise a plot? But the disbelievers themselves will be the victims of their plot.

Muhammad Asad

Or do they want to entrap [thee in contradiction]? But they who are bent on denying the truth - it is they who are truly entrapped.

Muhammad Musin Khan

Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad SAW)? But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) are themselves in a plot!

Muhammad Pickthall

Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!

Muhammad Sarwar

Do they design evil plans? The disbelievers themselves will be snared by their evil plots.

Muhammed ali Shakir

Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.

Rashad Khalifa

Are they plotting and scheming? The disbelievers' schemes backfire against them.

Shabbir Ahmed

Or do they intend a plot (to ensnare the Messenger)? But those who choose to live in darkness are the ones who will get entrapped.