Transliteration:( Am yureedoona kaidan fallazeena kafaroo humul makeedoon )
"Or, do they intend to stage any deception [49]? But it is the infidels who are to get deceived [50]."
The verse addresses the plotting of the disbelievers, particularly their schemes in Darun Nadwa, where they were plotting to harm the Prophet ﷺ and take his blessed life.
It emphasizes that their efforts are futile and deceptive.
Allah Almighty fulfilled His promise by protecting the Prophet ﷺ. Despite the disbelievers' evil intentions, they were destroyed without causing any harm to the Prophet ﷺ.
The verse asserts that Allah is the true Protector and Helper of the Prophet ﷺ, and the disbelievers cannot oppose Allah’s will.
To oppose the Prophet ﷺ is, in reality, to oppose Allah Almighty, and such opposition will never succeed.
The tafsir of Surah Tur verse 42 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Tur ayat 35 which provides the complete commentary from verse 35 through 43.
(52:42) Or are they contriving a stratagem against you?[33] If so, that stratagem will rebound against the unbelievers.[34]
33. The allusion is to the secret plots that the disbelievers of Makkah used to devise in their meetings in order to defeat the mission of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and to kill him.
34. This is one of the clear prophecies of the Quran. In the initial stage at Makkah when the Prophet (peace be upon him) had no apparent power and support with him except a handful of the ill-equipped Muslims and the whole nation was opposing and resisting him relentlessly, the confrontation between Islam and disbelief appeared to be utterly unequal. No one at that time could imagine that after a few years the tables would be turned on disbelief. Rather, the superficial observer could safely predict that the strong opposition of the Quraish and entire Arabia would at last put an end to the message of Islam. But even under those conditions, a challenge was thrown to the disbelievers and they were told in clear terms: You may devise whatever plots you wish in order to frustrate this message, they will all recoil upon you, and you will never succeed in defeating and putting an end to it.
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