Surah Al-Anfaal · Ayah 30·Madanī

30

وَإِذْ بِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَوْ أَوْ ﴿٣٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [remember, O Muhammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners.

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Tafsīr

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Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 7 roots in 11 of 16 words

Recitation · 24 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ7
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

16 words · 73 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 30 of 75

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 3:54 · Aal-i-Imraanvery close

    وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ

    And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners.

  • Quran 8:18 · Al-Anfaalvery close

    ذَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    That [is so], and [also] that Allah will weaken the plot of the disbelievers.

  • Quran 13:42 · Ar-Ra'dvery close

    وَقَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَكْرُ جَمِيعًا يَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْسِبُ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلْكُفَّٰرُ لِمَنْ عُقْبَى ٱلدَّارِ

    And those before them had plotted, but to Allah belongs the plan entirely. He knows what every soul earns, and the disbelievers will know for whom is the final home.

  • Quran 8:71 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَإِن يُرِيدُوا۟ خِيَانَتَكَ فَقَدْ خَانُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ فَأَمْكَنَ مِنْهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ

    But if they intend to betray you - then they have already betrayed Allah before, and He empowered [you] over them. And Allah is Knowing and Wise.

  • Quran 47:5 · Muhammadclose

    سَيَهْدِيهِمْ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْ

    He will guide them and amend their condition

  • Quran 8:7 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَإِذْ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِحْدَى ٱلطَّآئِفَتَيْنِ أَنَّهَا لَكُمْ وَتَوَدُّونَ أَنَّ غَيْرَ ذَاتِ ٱلشَّوْكَةِ تَكُونُ لَكُمْ وَيُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعَ دَابِرَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    [Remember, O believers], when Allah promised you one of the two groups - that it would be yours - and you wished that the unarmed one would be yours. But Allah intended to…

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:543 shared roots

    وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ

    م-ك-رخ-ي-رأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nisaa 4:664 shared roots

    وَلَوْ أَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنِ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ أَوِ ٱخْرُجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا۟ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًا

    ث-ب-تق-ت-لخ-ر-جخ-ي-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:992 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنُوا۟ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا ٱلْقَوْمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

    م-ك-رأ-ل-ه

  • Abasa 80:172 shared roots

    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

    ق-ت-لك-ف-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1232 shared roots

    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ قَبْلَ أَنْ ءَاذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَّكَرْتُمُوهُ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهَآ أَهْلَهَا فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    م-ك-رخ-ر-ج

  • Muhammad 47:72 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تَنصُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ

    ث-ب-تأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 8:30?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 8:30 include Quran 3:54 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 8:18 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 13:42 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), and Quran 8:71 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 3:54 reads: “And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 8:30 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 8:30 (Surah Al-Anfaal, The Spoils of War) reads: “And [remember, O Muhammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allah plans. And Allah is the best of planners.”

Which surah is verse 8:30 in?

Quran 8:30 is āyah 30 of Surah Al-Anfaal (The Spoils of War), chapter 8 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 75 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 8:30?

Tartīl presents Quran 8:30 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.