Surah Al-An'am, ayah 123
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَـٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not.
Al-An'am · 6:123
Word by word
- وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe placed
- فِىfīin
- كُلِّkullievery
- قَرْيَةٍqaryatincity
- أَكَـٰبِرَakābiragreatest
- مُجْرِمِيهَاmuj'rimīhā(of) its criminals
- لِيَمْكُرُوا۟liyamkurūso that they plot
- فِيهَا ۖfīhātherein
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūnathey plot
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- بِأَنفُسِهِمْbi-anfusihimagainst themselves
- وَمَاwamāand not
- يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive
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