So they contrived a plot against him, but We made them abject.
So they tried to execute their evil scheme upon him – We therefore degraded them. (Allah saved him, by commanding the fire to turn cool).
They desired to outwit him; so We made them the lower ones.
But whereas they sought to do evil unto him, We [frustrated their designs, and thus] brought them low?
And they devised a plot for him, but We made them the humble.
So they plotted a plot against him, but We made them the lowest.
They wished him ill, but We made them the losers.
They had contrived an evil plan against him, but We abased them all.
So, they plotted a plot against him, but We made them the lowest.
And they designed a snare for him, but We made them the undermost.
So they sought to outwit him, but We made them the lowermost.
Their desire was to outwit him, but We made them to be the humiliated.
And they intended for him a plan, but We made them the most debased.
They plotted against him, but We brought humiliation upon them.
And they desired a war against him, but We brought them low.
Faar<u>a</u>doo bihi kaydan fajaAAaln<u>a</u>humu alasfaleen<b>a</b>
They wanted to harm him, but We humiliated them all.
(This failing), they then sought a stratagem against him, but We made them the ones most humiliated!
فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ
So the people of Abraham intended to do evil to Abraham by destroying him so they could be saved from him, but I made them the losers when I made the fire cool and safe for him.
So the people of Abraham intended to do evil to Abraham by destroying him so they could be saved from him, but I made them the losers when I made the fire cool and safe for him.