Maarif-ul-Quran (En) - Yunus : 21
وَ اِذَاۤ اَذَقْنَا النَّاسَ رَحْمَةً مِّنْۢ بَعْدِ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُمْ اِذَا لَهُمْ مَّكْرٌ فِیْۤ اٰیَاتِنَا١ؕ قُلِ اللّٰهُ اَسْرَعُ مَكْرًا١ؕ اِنَّ رُسُلَنَا یَكْتُبُوْنَ مَا تَمْكُرُوْنَ
Once We cause people to taste a blessing after a hardship having afflicted them, they at once start devising plans against Our verses. Say, Allah is swifter in implementing His plan. Indeed, Our messengers (angels) record whatever you intrigue.
Commentary The word: مَک (رح) ر (makr) used in verse 21: قُلِ اللَّـهُ أَسْرَ‌عُ مَكْرً‌ا (Say, "Allah is more swift in making plans" ) means secret plan or move that could be good or bad. Wherever this word has become a part of the local language, care should be taken that it is not rendered as ` deception'. For instance, in Urdu, the original language of this Commentary, it means just this. It is obvious that Allah Ta` ala is free from it. (1) (1) The English language has no such problems as the open sense of makr can be transmitted through ` plan' or ` move' (Translator)
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