69 Preface وَأَلقِ ما في يَمينِكَ تَلقَف ما صَنَعوا ۖ إِنَّما صَنَعوا كَيدُ ساحِرٍ ۖ وَلا يُفلِحُ السّاحِرُ حَيثُ أَتىٰYusuf Ali“Throw that which is in thy right hand: Quickly will it swallow up that which they have faked what they have faked is but a magician?s trick: and the magician thrives not, (no matter) where he goes.”1The meaning may be either (1) that falsehood and trickery may have their day, but they cannot win everywhere, especially in the presence of Truth, or (2) that trickery and magic must come to an evil end. 2592. Cf. this passage with 7:120-126 and 20:65-70 and the notes thereon.