# 71. Surah Nuh, Verse 22

- **Surah:** 71. Surah Nuh (Noah) — سورة نوح
- **Verse:** 22 / 28 · **Juz:** 29 · **Mushaf page:** 570
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-nuh/verse-22

## Arabic

وَمَكَرُوا مَكْراً كُبَّاراًۚ

## Transcription

Wamakaroo makran kubbara

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

They have hatched a mighty plot

### Progressive Muslims

And they plotted a great plotting.

### Shabbir Ahmed

And they plot tremendous schemes.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

“And they have schemed a mighty scheme,”

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

And they plotted a great plotting.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

"They schemed terrible schemes.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

And they contrived a plot of great magnitude,

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

### Muhammad Asad

and who have devised a most awesome blasphemy [against Thee],

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

They contrived a plot of great magnitude.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] "Mighty plot": All those deceits, deceptions and frauds which the chiefs and religious guides were employing in an attempt to mislead the common people against the teachings of the Prophet Noah. For example, they said: Noah is no more than a mere man like yourselves. How can one believe that Allah sends down Revelations to him? (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 63);(Surah Houd, Ayat 27). We also see that only the meanest of us have become his followers without due thought. Had there been some weight in what he says, the elders of the people would have believed in him.(Surah Houd, Ayat 27). Had Allah willed, He would have sent down angels. (Surah Al-Mominoon, Ayat 24). Had he been sent by Allah, he would possess treasures, he would know the unseen, and he would be free from all human needs, like the angels (Surah Houd, Ayat 31). We find nothing in him that might give him superiority over us. (Surah Houd, Ayat 27). He merely intends to obtain superiority over you. (Surah Al-Mominoon, Ayat 24). Obviously, this man is possessed. (Surah Al-Mominoon, Ayat 25). Similar were the things that the Quraish chiefs said to mislead the people against the Prophet (peace be upon him).

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

"With cleverness in circumventing, they had recourse to stratagem".

### Bijan Moeinian

Their chiefs have already devised a vicious plan against them.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

and who have devised a tremendous plot,

### Taqi Usmani

and they devised a mighty plot,

### Abdul Haleem

who have made a grand plan,

### Arthur John Arberry

and have devised a mighty device

### E. Henry Palmer

and they have plotted a great plot,

### Hamid S. Aziz

"And they devised a mighty plot.

### Mahmoud Ghali

And they have schemed a heinous scheming;

### George Sale

And they devised a dangerous plot against Noah:

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

"And they have planned a huge (and evil) plot.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

They have devised a mighty and heinous plan (against the Prophet),

### Ali Quli Qarai

and they have devised an outrageous plot.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

"Çok büyük bir mekr ile mekr ettiler!"

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

"Ve büyük büyük hileli düzenler kurdular."

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

- Nuh şöyle dedi: "Ey Rabbim! Bunlar bana karşı geldiler. Malı ve çocukları kendi zararını arttırmaktan başka işe yarayamayan kişiye uydular ve büyük tuzaklar kurdular."

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

"Bunlar da, çok büyük bir tuzak kurdular."

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve büyük büyük mekre giriştiler

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Büyük büyük hilelere giriştiler.

### Gültekin Onan

"Ve büyük büyük hileli düzenler kurdular."

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

"Bunlar da büyük büyük hileler (dolaplar, melanetler) yapdılar".

### İbni Kesir

Büyük büyük düzenler kurdular.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

ve (Sana karşı) en korkunç tuzakları kuranlara,

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Büyük büyük tuzak kurdular.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

"Büyük büyük tuzaklar kurdular."

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

"Çok büyük hileler sergilediler/çok büyük tuzaklar kurdular."

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

onlar (propaganda yoluyla) korkunç tuzaklar kurdular;

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Büyük tuzaklarla tuzak kurdular."

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

"Ve çok büyük sinsi düzenler tasarladılar!"

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Büyük büyük oyunlar oynadılar.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Çok büyük tuzaklar da kurdular."

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

"Büyük tuzaklarla tuzak kurdular."

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

"Büyük tuzaklarla tuzak kurdular."

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Çok büyük planlar kurdular[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [A'raf 7/60,](https://quran.so/7/60) [İbrahim 14/45](https://quran.so/14/45)-[46.](https://quran.so/14/46)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَكَرُوا۟ — wamakarū | And they have planned | مكر — Mim-Kef-Ra |
| 2 | مَكْرًۭا — makran | a plan | مكر — Mim-Kef-Ra |
| 3 | كُبَّارًۭا — kubbāran | great | كبر — Kef-Be-Ra |

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