The Holy Quran 37:98 — Surah As-Saffat
Arabic text
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
Translation
They devised a plot against him, but We made them the ones to look down (in humility when their plan to kill him failed. See verses 68-70 of Surah 21).
Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani
The plan to burn [him] in the fire: when they could find no answer to Ibrahim's ﵇ reasonable words, they decided: “Build a huge furnace and throw Ibrahim into it.” By this scheme, [they thought,] reverence for the idols would take firm root in people's hearts and awe would settle in them: such is the end of one who opposes them, and in future no one would…
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