ٱلْأَنْعَام : ١٢٣

  • وَكَذَٰلِكَ And thus
  • جَعَلۡنَا We placed
  • فِي in
  • كُلِّ every
  • قَرۡيَةٍ city
  • أَكَٰبِرَ greatest
  • مُجۡرِمِيهَا (of) its criminals
  • لِيَمۡكُرُواْ so that they plot
  • فِيهَاۖ therein
  • وَمَا And not
  • يَمۡكُرُونَ they plot
  • إِلَّا except
  • بِأَنفُسِهِمۡ against themselves
  • وَمَا and not
  • يَشۡعُرُونَ they perceive
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.
And thus, in the same way that We have made the wicked folk of Mecca its leaders, We have made in every city its sinners great ones, that they may plot therein, to impede the faith; but they plot only against themselves, because the evil consequences thereof will befall them, though they do not perceive, this.