Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Naml, Ayah 50
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًۭا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًۭا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan, while they perceived not.
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(So they plotted a plot) they planned to kill Salih and all those who believed with him: (and We plotted a plot) and We wanted to kill them, (while they perceived not) Our plotting; it is also said that this means: the angels killed them in the house of Salih by hailing stones at them without them perceiving it.
Al-Jalalayn Commentary
So they plotted thereby a plot but We also plotted a plot in other words We requited them by hastening on their punishment while they were not aware.