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مَكْر trickery in Arabic

مَكْر is how you say “trickery” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ومن عاش فيه بالحيل والمكر والدهاء فلا بد له من خزي في الدنيا ومقت في الأخرى وإن تسود هذا،

Whoever lives by deceit, trickery, and cunning will inevitably face disgrace in this world and contempt in the next, even if they gain prominence.

وَالْمَكْرِ and trickery

Joined by 'wa-', this shares the genitive under the instrumental 'by' — 'and trickery / scheming'. Coordinated objects match in case. It adds to the list of his crooked means.

From Intention in Islam

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