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Ali 'Imran · Ayah 54

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And they schemed

وَمَكَرُوا۟

And they schemed

وَHarf · Resumption particle

Resumptive particle: resumes speech after parenthetical

and

مَكَرُFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootمكر

★★★★Common

to plot, to be cunning, to plan a scheme

Lemmaمَكَرَ

Verb (form I) - to plot, to scheme, to plan

وا۟Ism · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

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Past tense verb

وَمَكَرُوا۟ (And they schemed) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.

We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.

And they [i.e., the disbelievers] planned, but Allāh planned. And Allāh is the best of planners.

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