Allah's Supreme Plan and Testimony of the People of the Book

Ar-Ra'd — Verses 42–43 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَقَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلَّهِ الْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ۗ وَسَيَعْلَمُ الْكُفَّارُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ ٤٢

And verily, those before them did devise plots, but all planning is Allah's. He knows what every person earns, and the disbelievers will know who gets the good end (final destination).

وَقَدْ مَكَرَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ
And verily, those before them did devise plots,
فَلِلَّهِ الْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا ۖ
but all planning is Allah's.
يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ ۗ
He knows what every person earns,
وَسَيَعْلَمُ الْكُفَّارُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ
and the disbelievers will know who gets the good end (final destination).

وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَسْتَ مُرْسَلًا ۚ قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ وَمَنْ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ ٤٣

And those who disbelieve, say: "You (O Muhammad SAW) are not a Messenger." Say: "Sufficient for a witness between me and you is Allah and those too who have knowledge of the Scripture (such as 'Abdullah bin Salam and other Jews and Christians who embraced Islam)."

وَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا
And those who disbelieve, say:
لَسْتَ مُرْسَلًا ۚ
"You (O Muhammad SAW) are not a Messenger."
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيدًا
Say: "Sufficient for a witness is Allah
بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ
between me and you
وَمَنْ عِندَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتَابِ
and those too who have knowledge of the Scripture (such as 'Abdullah bin Salam and other Jews and Christians who embraced Islam).