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Quran 6:123

Surah Al-An'am (The Cattle), verse 123 of 165 · Juz 8

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَـٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Translations of Quran 6:123
EnglishTalal Itani

And thus We set up in every city its leading wicked sinners, to conspire in it, but they conspire only against themselves, and they do not realize it.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

And thus have We made in every city great ones of its wicked ones, that they should plot therein. They do but plot against themselves, though they perceive not.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Böyle her karyede de mücrimlerinin büyüklerini mevki de bulundurmaktayızdır ki orada mekir yapsınlar, halbuki bunlar, mekri başkasına değil kendilerine yapıyorlar da farkına varmıyorlar.

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

C’est ainsi que dans chaque cité nous avons fait que les grands en sont les hommes criminels, afin qu’ils y tendent des piéges ; mais ils n’auront tendu de pièges qu’à eux-mêmes.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Zoo hebben wij in iedere stad hoofdlieden van de boozen aldaar geplaatst, opdat zij er valstrikken zouden spannen; doch zij zullen hunne eigene zielen slechts strikken spannen en zij weten het niet.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Così in ciascuna città noi abbiamo fatto che i grandi divenissero i colpevoli della città stessa; essi agiscono con frode, ma non tradiranno che se stessi e non lo sanno.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.