﴿ وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًۭا ﴾

“but I shall bring all their scheming to nought.”

and I [too] am devising a scheme.He said:In this world, His scheme (kayd) against them is His allowing them to descend, little by little (istidrāj), and to remain in their delusion (ightirār); and in the Hereafter, it is the bitter regret they will be made to feel when they look upon the generous treatment (ikrām) and honour (iʿzāz) that those who professed His oneness [enjoy].His words, Exalted is He: