Surah Al-An'am 6:123
سُورَةُ الأَنۡعَامِ · Meccan · Verse 123 of 165
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Translation
And so We have put chief evildoers in every city to perpetrate their schemes there- but they scheme only against themselves, without realizing it.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
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