سُوْرَةُ الطَّارِقِ

Surah At-Taariq (86) — Ayah 16

The Morning Star · Meccan · Juz 30 · Page 591

وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا ﴿16﴾
And I (too) am planning a plan.
وَأَكِيدُ wa-akīdu But I am planning
كَيْدًۭا kaydan a plan

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16. 1. That is, I am not unaware of their schemes and conspiracies; I am also planning against them or countering their plots. A plot is bad if its purpose is evil, but not bad if its purpose is good.

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16. And I am also planning a plan [12].

[12] The disbelievers wish to devise such schemes, prepare such conspiracies, and accomplish such deeds by which the message of the Quran can be defeated. They want to extinguish the lamp of Islam with their breaths. In contrast, Allah is also devising a plan against them, that He will surely complete this light and will not let any scheme of the disbelievers succeed. It should be noted that here Allah Almighty has described the scheme or secret plan of the disbelievers with the word "kaid," and then attributed the reaction to Himself using the same word "kaid." Although Allah Almighty has no need for any scheme or secret plan, the answer is that it is an idiom among the Arabs that they use the same word for the reaction to any action, whether it is good or bad. This is called "mushakalah," and its explanation has already been given at several places.