Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 98 (37:98)

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فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

Quran 37:98 is ayah 98 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 449 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:98
فَأَرَادُوا۟بِهِۦكَيْدًافَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ٩٨
fa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-asfalīna

And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the most debased.(98)

Word by word

  1. فَأَرَادُوا۟fa-arādūAnd they intended
  2. بِهِۦbihifor him
  3. كَيْدًاkaydana plot
  4. فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُfajaʿalnāhumubut We made them
  5. ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَl-asfalīnathe lowest

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