Sura 6 Al-An'am (The Cattle), ayah 123

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَابِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Translation by words

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ
    And thus
    جَعَلْنَا
    We placed
    فِى
    in
    كُلِّ
    every
    قَرْيَةٍ
    city
    أَكَٰبِرَ
    greatest
    مُجْرِمِيهَا
    (of) its criminals,
    لِيَمْكُرُوا۟
    so that they plot
    فِيهَا
    therein.
    وَمَا
    And not
    يَمْكُرُونَ
    they plot
    إِلَّا
    except
    بِأَنفُسِهِمْ
    against themselves
    وَمَا
    and not
    يَشْعُرُونَ
    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.

    6:123

Translation: Saheeh International

Sura 6 Al-An'am (The Cattle)