Tafsir of Ar-Ra'd 13:42

{And those before them had plotted} He describes them as having plotted, then renders their plotting as no plot at all compared to His plotting, saying: {But all plotting belongs to Allah}.

He then explains this by saying: {He knows what every soul earns, and the disbeliever will come to know for whom is the final home}.

This is because He who knows what every soul earns and has prepared its recompense for it—that is the entirety of plotting; for He comes upon them from where they do not perceive, while they are in heedlessness of what is intended for them.

• Variants: It is recited as al-kuffār (the disbelievers), al-kāfirūn (the disbelievers), and alladhīna kafarū (those who disbelieved).
• The Term: Al-kufr here refers to its people. The intent behind al-kāfir (the disbeliever) is the generic category.
• Variant: Janāḥ ibn Ḥubaysh recited: wa-sa-yuʿlamu al-kāfiru (And the disbeliever will be made to know), from aʿlamahu (He made him know), meaning: he will be informed.

{And those who disbelieved say, "You are not a messenger." Say, "Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between me and you, and whoever has knowledge of the Book."}