At-Tur Verse 42

Or do they intend to scheme ˹against the Prophet˺? Then it is the disbelievers who will fall victim to ˹their˺ schemes.

Or do they intend a plot [against the Prophet]? But the plot of the disbelievers will rebound against themselves.

Or desire they to outwit? The unbelievers, they are the outwitted.

Do they think they can ensnare you? It is the disbelievers who have been ensnared.

Seek they to lay a plot? Then those who disbelieve it is they who shall be plotted against.

Or do they intend a plot (against thee)? But those who defy Allah are themselves involved in a Plot!

Or are they contriving a stratagem against you? If so, that stratagem will rebound against the unbelievers.

Or do they want to stage a deception? -- Then only those who do not believe will be the ones who will be tricked.

Or are they planning a conspiracy? So the conspiracy will befall only upon the disbelievers.

Do they seek to outmaneuver [Allah]? But it is the faithless who are the outmaneuvered ones!

Or do they intend a plot (to entrap you so as to defeat your mission)? Yet it is those who disbelieve who are entrapped (in so plotting, because they deny themselves God’s blessings in both worlds).

Do they intend to wage a war (against you)? But (remember) it is those who disbelieve that will be the victims of (their own) strategy of war.

Or they want/intend a plot/conspiracy ? So those who disbelieved they are the plotted/conspired against .

Or are they planning a conspiracy? So the conspiracy will befall only upon the disbelievers.

Or do they desire to plot (or ensnare)? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished in their plot.

Or do they intend a plot (against you O Muhammad SAW)? But those who disbelieve (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) are themselves in a plot!

Or possess they the unseen, so they write (it) down?

Or do they desire a war? But those who disbelieve shall be the vanquished ones in war.

Or seek they to ensnare (the messenger)? But those who disbelieve, they are the ensnared!

Do they design evil plans? The disbelievers themselves will be snared by their evil plots.

Or, do they desire to outwit? The unbelievers are the outwitted.

Or do they intend a plot But those who disbelieve are themselves plotted against!

Do they want to hatch some plot? Those who deny the truth will be the victims of the plot.

Or are they planning a conspiracy? The conspiracy will befall the disbelievers.

Or do they desire to outmanoeuvre?, you and have you killed, at the Assembly Council. But those who disbelieve, they are the outmanoeuvred ones!, the vanquished and the ones destroyed. God preserved him from them and then destroyed them at Badr.

Or do they intend a plot But those who disbelieve are themselves plotted against!

Allah the Exalted is asking, `Do these people who utter such statements about the Messenger and his religion seek to deceive the people and plot against the Messenger and his Companions If they do, then let them know that their plots will only harm them. Therefore, they are being plotted against rather than being the plotters!'

أَمْ لَهُمْ إِلَهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ

سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ