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them who tasted the evil consequences of what ing is always feeble. (4:76)
they did. They will have a painful punishment. That is your reward. Allah always confounds the
They are like Satan when he says to a human schemes of the disbelievers. (8:18)
being, ‘Disbelieve,’ and then when he disbe- (Hud said,) ‘So scheme against me, all of you to-
lieves, says, ‘I wash my hands of you. Truly I fear gether, and then grant me no respite.’ (11:55)
Allah, the Lord of all the worlds.’ The final fate of He (Yusuf's father) said, ‘My son, don’t tell your
both of them is that they will be timelessly, for brothers your dream lest they devise some
ever in the Fire. That is the repayment of the scheme to injure you, Satan is a clear-cut enemy
wrongdoers. (59:15-17) to man.’ (12:5)
We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps Then when he had supplied them with their
and made some of them stones for the Satans for needs, he (Yusuf) put the goblet in his brother’s
whom We have prepared the punishment of the bag. A herald called out, ‘Caravan! You are
Blaze. (67:5) thieves!’ They turned to them and said, ‘What are
Nor is it (the Qur’an) the word of an accursed you missing?’ They said, ‘We’re missing the gob-
Satan. (81:25) let of the king. The man who brings it will get a
camel’s load. Regarding that I stand as guaran-
SCALE tor.’ They said, ‘By Allah, you know we did not
The weighing that Day will be the truth. As for come to corrupt the land and that we are not
those whose scales are heavy, they are the suc- thieves.’ They said, ‘What is the reparation for it
cessful. (7:8) if it in fact transpires that you are liars?’ They
As for those whose scales are light, they are the said, ‘Its reparation shall be him in the saddle-
ones who have lost their own selves because bags of whom it is discovered. With us that is
they wrongfully rejected Our Signs. (7:9) how wrongdoers are repaid.’ He started with
Those whose scales are heavy, they are the suc- their bags before his brother’s and then produced
cessful. (23:102) it from his brother’s bag. In that way We devised
Those whose scales are light, they are the losers a cunning scheme for Yusuf. He could not have
of their selves, remaining in Hell timelessly, for held his brother according to the statutes of the
ever. (23:103) King–only because Allah had willed it so. We
raise the rank of anyone We will. Over everyone
SCANT YIELD with knowledge is a Knower. (12:70-76)
Good land yields up its plants by its Lord’s per- This is news of the Unseen which We reveal to
mission, but that which is bad only yields up you. You were not with them when they decided
scantily. In this way We vary the Signs for people what to do and devised their scheme. (12:102)
who are thankful. (7:58) So Pharaoh went away and concocted his
scheme and then he arrived. (20:60)
SCHEME They said, ‘These two magicians desire by their
If something good happens to you, it galls them. magic to expel you from your land and abolish
If something bad strikes you, they rejoice at it. your most excellent way of life, so decide on
But if you are steadfast and guard against evil, your scheme and then arrive together in force.
their scheming will not harm you in any way. He who gains the upper hand today will defi-
Allah encompasses what they do. Remember nitely prosper.’ (20:63-64)
when you left your family early in the day to in- (Ibrahim said,) ‘By Allah, I will devise some
stal the believers in their battle stations. Allah is scheme against your idols when your backs are
All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (3:120-121) turned.’ (21:57)
Those who believe fight in the Way of Allah. They said, ‘Did you do this to our gods, Ibrahim?’
Those who disbelieve fight in the way of false He said, ‘No, this one, the biggest of them, did it.
gods. So fight the friends of Satan! Satan’s schem- Ask them if they are able to speak!’ They con-
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