The Holy Quran 52:42 — Surah At-Tur

Arabic text

أَمْ يُرِيدُونَ كَيْدًا ۖ فَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلْمَكِيدُونَ

Translation

Or are they plotting (planning) something (against Rasulullaah ﷺ, which they are waiting to carry out)? Indeed those who commit kufr will themselves be ensnared (trapped) in a plot (when Allaah punishes them).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The schemes of the disbelievers will recoil upon themselves: that is, if none of these is the case, is it then their intention to play tricks against the Prophet ﷺ and, by weaving deceit, cunning and secret plots, to overpower the truth or wipe it out altogether? If so, let them remember that all these tricks are going to turn back upon themselves.

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