Surah Al-Imran, ayah 54: "And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا بِمَآ أَنزَلْتَ وَٱتَّبَعْنَا ٱلرَّسُولَ فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ ﴿٥٣﴾
Rabbanaaa aamannaa bimaaa anzalta wattaba'nar Rasoola faktubnaa ma'ash shaahideen
Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger Jesus, so register us among the witnesses [to truth]."
وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَٰكِرِينَ ﴿٥٤﴾
Wa makaroo wa makaral laahu wallaahu khairul maakireen
And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners.
إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَىٰٓ إِنِّى مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَجَاعِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۖ ثُمَّ إِلَىَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ ﴿٥٥﴾
Iz qaalal laahu yaa 'Eesaaa innee mutawaffeeka wa raafi'uka ilaiya wa mutah hiruka minal lazeena kafaroo wa jaa'ilul lazeenattaba ooka fawqal lazeena kafarooo ilaa Yawmil Qiyaamati summa ilaiya marji'ukum fa ahkumu bainakum feemaa kuntum feehi takhtaliifoon
[Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
The disbelievers among Isa's people plotted to kill him, and Allah planned, and Allah is the best of planners. Ibn Kathir explains that Allah's plan was to raise Isa to Himself and save him (3:55), so that their plot failed.
The Arabic word makr, when used of Allah, means His just response to those who plot against the truth: He brings their plans to nothing. It is not deception, and scholars say it is only attributed to Allah in this kind of context, as a recompense matching what the plotters did.
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 3:54. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
Ayah 54 of Surah Al-Imran (آلِ عِمۡرَانَ), "The Family of Imraan", surah 3 of the Quran, a Medinan surah of 200 ayat revealed in Madinah. It is in juz 3 (para 3), hizb 6, on page 57 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 3/54, 3 54 or Quran 3 54.
More verses on this theme: Quran verses about trust in Allah (tawakkul).
Questions
And the disbelievers planned, but Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners. (Sahih International)
The disbelievers among Isa's people plotted to kill him, and Allah planned, and Allah is the best of planners. Ibn Kathir explains that Allah's plan was to raise Isa to Himself and save him (3:55), so that their plot failed.
It is in Surah Al-Imran, surah 3 of the Quran, in juz 3 (para 3), on page 57 of the Madinah mushaf.
The ayah before, 3:53, says: "Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger Jesus, so register us among the witnesses [to truth]."" The ayah after, 3:55, says: "[Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ."