52 Preface قالَ عِلمُها عِندَ رَبّي في كِتابٍ ۖ لا يَضِلُّ رَبّي وَلا يَنسَىYusuf AliHe replied: “The knowledge of that is with my Lord,1 duly recorded: my Lord never errs, nor forgets,- Moses did not fall into the trap. He remembered the injunction given to him to speak mildly (20:44). He speaks mildly, but does not in any way whittle down the truth. He said in effect: 'God’s knowledge is perfect, as if, with men, it were a record. For men may make mistakes or may not remember, but God never makes mistakes and never forgets. But God is not only All-Knowing: He is also All-Good. Look around you: the whole earth is spread out like a carpet. Men go to and fro in it freely. He sends abundance of water from the skies, which comes down in Nile floods and fertilises the whole soil of Egypt, and feeds men and animals (Cf. n. 1029 and n. 3646).