Surah An-Naml, Ayah 50 (27:50)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Quran 27:50 is ayah 50 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 381 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:50
وَمَكَرُوا۟مَكْرًاوَمَكَرْنَامَكْرًاوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ٥٠
wamakarū makran wamakarnā makran wahum lā yashʿurūna

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.(50)

Word by word

  1. وَمَكَرُوا۟wamakarūSo they plotted
  2. مَكْرًاmakrana plot
  3. وَمَكَرْنَاwamakarnāand We planned
  4. مَكْرًاmakrana plan
  5. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  6. لَاlā(did) not
  7. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

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