Quran 3 : 54

And they schemed, and planned Allah. And Allah (is the) best (of) the planners.
وَمَكَرُوا۟
Wamakarūa
وَمَكَرَ
Wamakara
ٱللَّهُ
Allahu
وَٱللَّهُ
Waallahu
خَيْرُ
Khayru
ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ
Almaākirīna

[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)

And they schemed and God schemed, but God is the best schemer.

Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)

And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah too planned, and the best of planners is Allah

Wahiduddin Khan

And they schemed but God also schemed and God is the Best of Schemers

Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)

And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners

The Wise Quran

And they plotted, and God plotted, and God is the best of plotters.

The Study Quran

And they plotted, and God plotted. And God is the best of plotters

Talal Itani (2012)

They planned, and God planned; but God is the Best of planners.

Talal Itani & AI (2024)

They planned, and God planned. But God is the best of planners.

T.B.Irving

They plotted, while God plotted; however God is the best Plotter!

Syed Vickar Ahamed

And (the unbelievers) plotted and planned, and Allah also planned, and Allah is the best of planners

Sher Ali

And Jesus's enemies planned and ALLAH also planned, and ALLAH is the Best of Planners

Shakir

And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is the best of planners

Shabbir Ahmed

The opponents made some plans, but so did Allah. And Allah is the Virtuous of planners. (They schemed to arrest and crucify Jesus but Allah assured him)

Samy Mahdy

And they guiled (Against Jesus), and Allah guiled; but Allah is the best of those who guile (In goodness).

Safi Kaskas

And they [the unbelievers] plotted [against Jesus] but God caused their schemes to fail, for God is the best of all plotters.

Rashad Khalifa

They plotted and schemed, but so did GOD, and GOD is the best schemer.

N J Dawood 2014

They contrived, and God contrived; God is the supreme Contriver

Mustaqim

And they schemed and Allah schemed, and Allah is the best of schemers.

Mustafa Khattab 2018

And the disbelievers made a plan ˹against Jesus˺, but Allah also planned—and Allah is the best of planners.

Musharraf Hussain

The hypocrites among the Israelites plotted, and Allah prepared a counterplan. Allah is the Best of the planners.

MunirMezyed2023

(The impious) hatched a plot (to murder Jesus). But Allâh had a different plan for him. For Allâh is the Best One in setting up a plan.

Munir Mezyed

(The impious) hatched a plot (to murder ‘Jesus son of Mary’); but Allâh had a different plan for him. Allâh is the best One in setting up a plan.

Muhammad Taqi Usmani

They (the opponents of ‘Isa ) devised a plan, and Allah devised a plan. And Allah is the best of all planners

Muhammad Sarwar

The unbelievers plotted and God planned, but God is a much better planner

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall

And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers

Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali

And they schemed, and Allah schemed, and Allah is The Most Charitable of schemers

Muhammad Asad

And the unbelievers schemed [against Jesus]; but God brought their scheming to nought: for God is above all schemers

Muhammad Ahmed - Samira

And they cheated/deceived and God cheated/deceived, and God (is) the best (of) the cheaters/deceivers

Mohammad Shafi

And they planned, and Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners

Mir Aneesuddin

So they planned and Allah planned (too) and Allah is the Best of planners.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And (the Jews) planned and Allah (also) planned. And Allah is the best of planners

Maududi

Then they schemed (against the Messiah), and Allah countered their schemes by schemes of His own. Allah is the best of schemers

Linda "iLham" Barto

(The unbelievers) planned, and Allah planned. Allah is the best planner.

John Medows Rodwell

And the Jews plotted, and God plotted: But of those who plot is God the best

Irving/Hegab

They plotted, while Allah (God) plotted; however Allah (God) is the best Plotter!

Hilali - Khan

And they (disbelievers) plotted (to kill Iesa (Jesus) ), and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best of the planners

Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah

They devised, and Allah devised. And Allah is the Best Devisor

Hamid S. Aziz

But they (the Jews or unbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed, for Allah is the best of schemers

George Sale

And the Jews devised a stratagem against him; but God devised a stratagem against them; and God is the best deviser of stratagems

Fode Drame

And they devised a plan and Allah devised a plan and Allah is the best of the planners.

Faridul Haque

And the disbelievers conspired (to kill Eisa ), and Allah covertly planned to destroy them; and Allah is the best of secret planners

Edward Henry Palmer

But they (the Jews) were crafty, and God was crafty, for God is the best of crafty ones

Dr. Munir Munshey

They _ (the unbelievers, the children of Israel) _ hatched a scheme (to kill Jesus), and Allah put His (own) plan into action. Allah is absolutely the very Best of the planners

Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

Then, the disbelieving (Jews) conspired secretly (to execute ‘Isa [Jesus]), but Allah covertly designed His plan (to safeguard ‘Isa [Jesus]). And Allah is the Best of secret planners

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar

And they planned and God planned. And God is Best of the ones who plan.

Dr. Kamal Omar

And they plotted (against Iesa) and Allah plotted (to protect him). And Allah is the Best of planners

Corpus.Quran

And they schemed and planned Allah And Allah (is the) best (of) the planners

Bilal Muhammad 2018

And the unbelievers plotted and planned. God also planned. And God is the best of planners

Bijan Moeinian

They (the corrupt Jews who were killing the Lord’s Prophets one after another for daring to guide them to the right path) devised a plan (seeking for his death sentence through the Romans) and God devised a plan of His Own (condemning the Jews to the misery till the Day of Resurrection.) None can atop the Lord’s plan

Bakhtiari Nejad

They plotted and God planned, but God is the best of planners.

Arthur John Arberry

And they devised, and God devised, and God is the best of devisers

Amatul Rahman Omar

And they (- the persecutors of Jesus) planned (to crucify him) and Allah planned (to save him) and Allah is the best of the planners

Ali Ünal

And they (the unbelievers) schemed (against Jesus), and God put His will into effect (and brought their schemes to nothing). God wills what is the best (for His believing servants) and makes His will prevail

Ali Quli Qara'i

Then they plotted [against Jesus], and Allah also devised, and Allah is the best of devisers

Aisha Bewley

They plotted and Allah plotted. But Allah is the best of plotters.*

Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)

And the infidels plotted and Allah secretly devised for their destruction and Allah is the best of secret devisers.

Ahmed Hulusi

They schemed, and received a scheme from Allah in response. Allah is the best of schemers. (In order to eliminate the discloser of the truth they resorted to secretly contriving against him, but through the very same method Allah overcame them, by making their schemes result against them.)

Ahmed Ali

But they (the unbelievers) contrived a plot, and God did the like; and God's plan is the best

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

And they plotted, and Allah plotted, and Allah is the Best of plotters

Abdul Hye

And they (disbelievers) plotted (to kill Jesus) and Allah also planned, and Allah is the Best of planners.

Abdel Haleem

The [disbelievers] schemed but God also schemed; God is the Best of Schemers