Muhammad Habib Shakir: And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan while they perceived not.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali: They plotted and planned, but We too planned, even while they perceived it not.
M.Pickthall: So they plotted a plot: and We plotted a plot, while they perceived not.
Amatul Rahmân Omer: And they hatched a plot and We likewise brought forth a counter plan of which they were not aware (that their plotting would go in vain).
Maulana Mohammad Ali: And there were in the city nine persons who made mischief in the land and did not act aright.
