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Surah Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 42 (13:42)

ٱلرَّعْد

وَقَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ …

Quran 13:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Ar-Ra'd (“The Thunder”), a Medinan surah of 43 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 254 of the Madani Mushaf.

13:42
وَقَدْمَكَرَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْفَلِلَّهِٱلْمَكْرُجَمِيعًا ۖيَعْلَمُمَاتَكْسِبُكُلُّنَفْسٍ ۗوَسَيَعْلَمُٱلْكُفَّٰرُلِمَنْعُقْبَىٱلدَّارِ٤٢
waqad makara alladhīna min qablihim falillahi l-makru jamīʿan yaʿlamu mā taksibu kullu nafsin wasayaʿlamu l-kufāru liman ʿuq'bā l-dāri

And those before them had plotted, but to Allāh belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.(42)

Word by word

  1. وَقَدْwaqadAnd certainly
  2. مَكَرَmakaraplotted
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. مِنmin(were) from
  5. قَبْلِهِمْqablihimbefore them
  6. فَلِلَّهِfalillahibut for Allah
  7. ٱلْمَكْرُl-makru(is) the plot
  8. جَمِيعًا ۖjamīʿanall
  9. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  10. مَاmāwhat
  11. تَكْسِبُtaksibuearns
  12. كُلُّkulluevery
  13. نَفْسٍ ۗnafsinsoul
  14. وَسَيَعْلَمُwasayaʿlamuand will know
  15. ٱلْكُفَّٰرُl-kufāruthe disbelievers
  16. لِمَنْlimanfor whom
  17. عُقْبَىʿuq'bā(is) the final
  18. ٱلدَّارِl-dārithe home

Tafsir (commentary) of 13:42

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The Disbelievers plot, but the Believers gain the Good End

Allah says,

وَقَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ

(And verily, those before them did devise plots,) against their Messengers, they wanted to expel them from their land, but Allah devised plots against the disbelievers and gave the good end to those who fear Him. Allah said in other Ayat,

وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَـكِرِينَ

(And (remember) when the disbelievers plotted against you to imprison you, or to kill you, or to get you out; they were plotting and Allah too was plotting; and Allah is the Best of those who plot.) 8:30, and,

وَمَكَرُواْ مَكْراً وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْراً وَهُمْ لاَ يَشْعُرُونَ - فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَـقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَـهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

(So they plotted a plot, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not. Then see how was the end of their plot! Verily, We destroyed them and their nation, all together.)27:50,51 Allah said next,

يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ

(He knows what every person earns,) meaning, He alone knows all secrets and concealed thoughts and will reckon each person according to his work, (

وَسَيَعْلَمُ الْكَـفِرُ

and the Kafir (disbeliever) will know

الْكُفَّـرُ

or the Kuffar (disbelievers) according to another way of reciting,

لِمَنْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ

(who gets the good end.) who will earn the ultimate and final victory, they or the followers of the Messengers. Indeed, the followers of the Messengers will earn the good end in this life and the Hereafter, all thanks and praise is due to Allah.

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