But they (the unbelievers) contrived a plot, and God did the like; and God's plan is the best.
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Tafseer
'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and they schemed) they, i.e. the jews, planned to kill jesus, (and allah schemed (against them)) allah wished to kill their man tatianos: (and allah is the best of schemers) the strongest of those who have a will; it is also said this means: the best of makers.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : god says: and they, the disbelievers among the children of israel, schemed, against jesus, by assigning someone to assassinate him; and god schemed, by casting the likeness of jesus onto the person who intended to kill him, and so they killed him, while jesus was raised up into heaven; and god is the best of schemers, most knowledgeable of him [jesus].
