43 times in the Quran · 3 word forms · rank 228

The Quran root م ك ر m-k-r

Words built from the root م ك ر ([m-k-r]) appear 43 times in the Quran. The most common is مَكَرَ, “plotted”, which comes 22 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

Word	Say it	Meaning	Times
مَكَرَ	makara	plotted · they plot	22
مَكْر	makr	plan · plot	19
ماكِر	maakir	planners	2

Examples from the Quran

وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ ٥٤

وَمَكَرُوا wamakarū · And they schemed

And they [i.e., the disbelievers] planned, but Allāh planned. And Allāh is the best of planners. (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:54)

وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا فِي كُلِّ قَرْيَةٍ أَكَابِرَ مُجْرِمِيهَا لِيَمْكُرُوا فِيهَا وَمَا يَمْكُرُونَ إِلَّا بِأَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ ١٢٣

لِيَمْكُرُوا liyamkurū · so that they plot

And thus We have placed within every city the greatest of its criminals to conspire therein. But they conspire not except against themselves, and they perceive [it] not. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:123)

أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ فَلَا يَأْمَنُ مَكْرَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ ٩٩

مَكْرَ makra · (from the) plan

Then, did they feel secure from the plan of Allāh? But no one feels secure from the plan of Allāh except the losing people. (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:99)

وَإِذْ يَمْكُرُ بِكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لِيُثْبِتُوكَ أَوْ يَقْتُلُوكَ أَوْ يُخْرِجُوكَ وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ ٣٠

الْمَاكِرِينَ l-mākirīna · (of) the Planners

And [remember, O Muḥammad], when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or evict you [from Makkah]. But they plan, and Allāh plans. And Allāh is the best of planners. (Surah Al-Anfal, 8:30)

Surahs where it comes most

Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.