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Surah 3. Aal-Imran, Ayah 54

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وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَ
Wamakaroo wamakara All a hu wa A ll a hu khayru alm a kireen a
And the unbelievers schemed [against Jesus];44 but God brought their scheming to nought: for God is above all schemers.
  - Mohammad Asad

Lit., "they schemed" - here referring to those among the Jews who refused to acknowledge Jesus as a prophet and tried to destroy him.

The unbelievers among the children of Israel plotted against Isa and Allah also devised a plan to raise him up, and Allah is the best in planning.
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
And the disbelievers made a plan 'against Jesus', but Allah also planned- and Allah is the best of planners.
  - Mustafa Khattab
And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
And (then unbelievers) plotted and planned and Allah too planned and the best of planners is Allah. 393
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

The Arabic Makara has both a bad and a good meaning, that of making an intricate plan to carry out some secret purpose. The enemies of Allah are constantly doing that. But Allah-in whose hands is all good-has His plans also, against which the evil ones will have no chance whatever.

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