Surah Fatir, Ayah 43
Quran 35:43 · Originator · Makki · Para 22 · Page 439
سْتِكْبَارًا فِی الْاَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ السَّیِّىءِ ؕ وَلَا یَحِیْقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّیِّئُ اِلَّا بِاَهْلِهٖ ؕ فَهَلْ یَنْظُرُوْنَ اِلَّا سُنَّتَ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ ۚ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَبْدِیْلًا ۚ۬ وَلَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ اللّٰهِ تَحْوِیْلًا ۟
Transliteration
Istikbaran fee al-ardi wamakraassayyi-i wala yaheequ almakru assayyi-oilla bi-ahlihi fahal yanthuroona illasunnata al-awwaleena falan tajida lisunnati Allahitabdeelan walan tajida lisunnati Allahi tahweela
Saheeh International
[Due to] arrogance in the land and plotting of evil; but the evil plot does not encompass except its own people. Then do they await except the way [i.e., fate] of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way [i.e., established method] of Allāh any change, and you will never find in the way of Allāh any alteration.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
The oaths that they took in Allah’s name was not done in good faith and with a sound objective. It was only to be arrogant on earth and to deceive people. An evil plot only rebounds on those who plotted it. So are these arrogant plotters waiting for anything but Allah’s established practice, which is their destruction as He had destroyed those predecessors of theirs who were similar to them. You will not find any change to Allah’s practice in destroying those who are arrogant, such that the destruction does not come on them, nor any diversion such that it falls on others besides them, because it is an established divine practice.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
Explains 35:42–35:43 together — read it on 35:42