41 Preface فَإِمّا نَذهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنّا مِنهُم مُنتَقِمونَYusuf AliEven if We take thee1 away, We shall be sure to exact retribution from them,Cf. 8:30 : “how the Unbelievers plotted against thee, to keep thee in bonds, or slay thee, or get thee out (of thy home).” They were always plotting against the Prophet in his Meccan period. But even if their plots had succeeded against human beings, they could not defeat God’s Plan, nor escape the just punishment of their deeds. Cf. also 10:46, and n. 1438.