وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِى كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَٰبِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا۟ فِيهَا ۖ وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
How to read it
Wa kadhālika jaʻalnā fī kulli qar'yatin 'akābira muj'rimīhā liyam'kurū fīhā . wamā yam'kurūna 'illā bi'anfussihim' wamā yash'ʻurūna
Thus have We placed leaders in every town, its wicked men, to plot (and burrow) therein: but they only plot against their own souls, and they perceive it not.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali

