76 Preface وَإِن كادوا لَيَستَفِزّونَكَ مِنَ الأَرضِ لِيُخرِجوكَ مِنها ۖ وَإِذًا لا يَلبَثونَ خِلافَكَ إِلّا قَليلًاYusuf AliTheir purpose was to scare thee off the land,1 in order to expel thee; but in that case they would not have stayed (therein) after thee, except for a little while.As happened in the case of the Prophet, the enemies try to frighten the Prophet of God away from their midst, so that, once away, they could expel him and keep him out. But they are counting without the Plan of God. If they persecute the righteous, they dig their own graves! (R).