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13. Surah • 42. Verse
Word Analysis
وَقَدْ
waqad
And certainly
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
مِن
min
(were) from
فَلِلَّهِ
falillahi
but for Allah
مَا
mā
what
لِمَنْ
liman
for whom
Rashad Khalifa
The Final Testament
Others before them have schemed, but to GOD belongs the ultimate scheming. He knows what everyone is doing. The disbelievers will find out who the ultimate winners are.
The Monotheist Group
The Quran: A Monotheist Translation
Andthose before them had schemed, but to God is all scheming. He knows what every soul earns and the rejecters will come to know to whom is the better abode.
Edip-Layth
Quran: A Reformist Translation
Those before them have schemed, but to God is all scheming. He knows what every person earns and the ingrates will come to know to whom is the ultimate abode.
Abul A'la Maududi
Tafhim commentary
Those who lived before them also devised many a plot,[1] but the master plot rests with Allah. He knows what everyone does. The deniers of the truth will soon come to know whose end is good.
1
That is, these people, who are now devising schemes to defeat the message of the truth, do not take a lesson from the sad end of the people who devised similar schemes before them to suppress the voice of the truth by falsehood, fraud and persecution.
Marmaduke Pickthall
Holy Quran Translation
Those who were before them plotted; but all plotting is Allah's. He knoweth that which each soul earneth. The disbelievers will come to know for whom will be the sequel of the (heavenly) Home.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Holy Quran Translation
Those before them did (also) devise plots; but in all things the master-planning is Allah's He knoweth the doings of every soul: and soon will the Unbelievers know who gets home in the end.
Al-Hilali & Khan
Holy Quran Translation
And verily, those before them did devise plots, but all planning is Allâh’s. He knows what every person earns, and the disbelievers will know who gets the good end (final destination).
Mustafa Khattab
The Clear Quran
Those ˹disbelievers˺ before them ˹secretly˺ planned, but Allah has the ultimate plan. He knows what every soul commits. And the disbelievers will soon know who will have the ultimate outcome.
Taqi Usmani
Holy Quran Translation
Those before them did devise plans, but all the real plans belong only to Allah. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will soon know for whom is the excellent end.
Abdul Haleem
Holy Quran Translation
Those before them also schemed, but the overall scheme belongs to God: He knows what each soul does. In the end, the disbelievers will find out who will have the excellent home.
Bijan Moeinian
Holy Quran Translation
Others before them tried to challenge the Lord, but it is God Who has the ultimate hand. He knows what every soul has earned and the disbelievers pretty soon will realize who the real winners are.
Mahmoud Ghali
Holy Quran Translation
And the ones who were even before them already schemed. Yet to Allah is the scheming altogether. He knows whatever every self earns, and the steadfast disbelievers will soon know to whom will be the (Ultimate) Outcome of the Residence!
E. Henry Palmer
Holy Quran Translation
And those who were before them were crafty too; but God's is the craft altogether! He knows what every soul earns; and the misbelievers shall know whose is the recompense of the abode.
George Sale
Holy Quran Translation
Their predecessors formerly devised subtle plots against their prophets; but God is master of every subtle device. He knoweth that which every soul deserveth: And the infidels shall surely know, whose will be the reward of paradise.
Hamid S. Aziz
Holy Quran Translation
And those who were before them plotted; but all plotting is Allah's! He knows what every soul earns; and the disbelievers shall come to know who comes Home in the end.
Amatul Rahman Omar
Holy Quran Translation
And their predecessors did devise plans (against the truth) but all effective devising (and the success) of the plans rests with Allâh. He knows what every person accomplishes. The disbelievers will soon come to know who will gain the (good and successful) end of this abode.
Ali Quli Qarai
Holy Quran Translation
Those who were before them [also] schemed; yet all devising belongs to Allah. He knows what every soul earns. Soon the faithless will know in whose favour the outcome of that abode will be.
Aisha Bewley
Holy Quran Translation
Those before them plotted but all plotting belongs to Allah. He knows what each self earns, and the kafir will soon know who has the Ultimate Abode.
Arthur John Arberry
Holy Quran Translation
Those that were before them devised; but God's is the devising altogether. He knows what every soul earns. The unbelievers shall assuredly know whose will be the Ultimate Abode.
Mohamed Ahmed - Samira
Holy Quran Translation
Surely those who had gone before them had also plotted; but God's is all the planning, for He has knowledge of what each does. The unbelievers will soon learn for whom is the guerdon of Paradise.
Muhammad Asad
Holy Quran Translation
Now those who lived before these [sinners] did, too, devise many a blasphemy -but the most subtle devising is that of God, who knows what each human being deserves: and the deniers of the truth will [in time] come to know to whom the future belongs.
Abdel Khalek Himmat
Al- Muntakhab
Their predecessors schemed and conspired and the wicked plotted against the just, but who can get the better of Allah's plans or defeat His predetermined events? He is the Master Who controls all plans at will. He has omniscience and holds prescience of all that each soul earns of qualities, actions and deeds, The day shall come when the infidels realize with much regrets to whom belongs eternity in the heavenly and blissful abode!.
Progressive Muslims
Holy Quran Translation
And those before them have schemed, but to God is all scheming. He knows what every soul earns and the rejecters will come to know to whom is the better abode.
Shabbir Ahmed
Holy Quran Translation
Now those who lived before these people, also devised schemes, but the most Subtle devising is that of Allah. He knows what every "Self" earns. The rejecters will soon find out as to whom belongs the Future.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Holy Quran Translation
And verily, those before them (also) made plots; But in all things the master-planning is by Allah. He knows the doing of every soul: And soon the disbelievers will know who gets (the better) home in the last Destination.
Sahih International
(Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)
And those before them had plotted, but to Allah belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.
Sam Gerrans
The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation
And there schemed those before them; but to God belongs scheming altogether. He knows what each soul earns. And the atheists will come to know for whom is the final abode.