You mentioned in one of your lessons that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is not described as having a scheme except when it is against the schemers or the disbelievers, as He the Exalted said:

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The questioner : Your Eminence, the Shaykh, you mentioned in one of your lessons that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is not described as having a scheme except when it is against the schemers or the disbelievers, as He the Exalted said:

And they planned a plan, and We planned a plan

ومكروا مكراً ومكرنا مكراً

[An-Naml 27:50]

But how do we answer regarding His the Exalted saying:

Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah

أفأمنوا مكر الله

[Al-A'raf 7:99]

the verse. For here the scheme of the disbelievers is not mentioned?

The Shaykh : The answer to this is easy. His saying:

Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah

أفأمنوا مكر الله

[Al-A'raf 7:99]

Who does He mean by them? The disbelievers. He said:

⁽⁹⁷⁾ Then, did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them at night while they were asleep? ⁽⁹⁸⁾ Or did the people of the cities feel secure from Our punishment coming to them in the morning while they were at play? ⁽⁹⁹⁾ Then did they feel secure from the plan of Allah?

أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا بَيَاتًا وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ * أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ الْقُرَى أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ * أَفَأَمِنُوا مَكْرَ اللَّهِ

[Al-A'raf 7:97-99]

Who are they? The people of the towns who did not fear Allah (Mighty and Majestic)

And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven and the earth; but they denied [the messengers], so We seized them for what they were earning."

وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرَى آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَفَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَرَكَاتٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنْ كَذَّبُوا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَكْسِبُونَ

[Al-A'raf 7:96]

And thus the rule is consistent: Allah the Exalted is not described as having a scheme in an absolute sense, but the qualification is necessary.

Source alathar.net

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