Az-Zukhruf 43:79
The Ornaments of Gold · Meccan · Juz 25 · Page 495
Did They Determine a Plan?
أَمۡ أَبۡرَمُوٓاْ أَمۡرࣰا فَإِنَّا مُبۡرِمُونَ ٧٩
Or do they determine any thing (against the Prophet)? Lo! We (also) are determining.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
Or have they devised an affair? But indeed, We are devising.
Insight
Elmalılı relates from Muqatil: this verse concerns the Meccan idolaters resolving at Dar an-Nadwah to plot against the Prophet.
Reflect
Don’t join in an evil plan.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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