Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 70 (21:70)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ

Quran 21:70 is ayah 70 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 327 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:70
وَأَرَادُوا۟بِهِۦكَيْدًافَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ٧٠
wa-arādū bihi kaydan fajaʿalnāhumu l-akhsarīna

And they intended for him a plan [i.e., harm], but We made them the greatest losers.(70)

Word by word

  1. وَأَرَادُوا۟wa-arādūAnd they intended
  2. بِهِۦbihifor him
  3. كَيْدًاkaydana plan
  4. فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُfajaʿalnāhumubut We made them
  5. ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَl-akhsarīnathe greatest losers

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