( وقد مكر الذين من قبلهم ) يعني : من قبل مشركي مكة ، والمكر : إيصال المكروه إلى الإنسان من حيث لا يشعر .
( فلله المكر جميعا ) أي : عند الله جزاء مكرهم وقيل : إن الله خالق مكرهم جميعا ، بيده الخير والشر ، وإليه النفع والضر ، فلا يضر مكر أحد أحدا إلا بإذنه .
( يعلم ما تكسب كل نفس وسيعلم الكفار ) قرأ أهل الحجاز وأبو عمرو " الكافر " على التوحيد ، وقرأ الآخرون : ( الكفار ) على الجمع . ( لمن عقبى الدار ) أي : عاقبة الدار الآخرة حين يدخلون النار ، ويدخل المؤمنون الجنة .
The previous communities had plotted and devised schemes against their prophets and they rejected what they brought to them. What did they manage to do by such schemes? Nothing! This is because the effective plan is only that of Allah and no other. He, may He be glorified, is the One Who knows what their souls earn and He will recompense them for it. Then they will know how wrong they were in not having faith in Allah, and how right the believers were as they would have acquired Paradise and the best outcome.