Surah Fatir
ٱسْتِكْبَارًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَكْرَ ٱلسَّيِّئِ ۚ وَلَا يَحِيقُ ٱلْمَكْرُ ٱلسَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِۦ ۚ فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا سُنَّتَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۚ فَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّتِ ٱللَّهِ تَحْوِيلًا
Istikbāran fil-arḍi wa makras-sayyi'(i), wa lā yaḥīqul-makrus-sayyi'u illā bi'ahlih(ī), fahal yanẓurūna illā sunnatal-awwalīn(a), falan tajida lisunnatillāhi tabdīlā(n), wa lan tajida lisunnatillāhi taḥwīlā(n).
[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 of the former peoples? But you will never find in the way of Allah any change, and you will never find in the way of Allah any alteration.
📝 Footnotes
637) What is meant by the decree (that was enforced) upon the former peoples is the descent of punishment upon those who denied the messengers.