59 Preface قُلِ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلامٌ عَلىٰ عِبادِهِ الَّذينَ اصطَفىٰ ۗ آللَّهُ خَيرٌ أَمّا يُشرِكونَYusuf AliSay: Praise be to God, and Peace on his servants1 whom He has chosen (for his Message). (Who) is better?- God or the false gods they associate (with Him)?God’s revelation having been described as Light, Guidance, and Mercy, we ought all to be grateful to God for vouchsafing His revelation. We ought also to appreciate the services of God’s Messengers, who are chosen to deliver His Message: we ought to send salutations of Peace on them, instead of plotting, as the wicked do, for their removal or persecution, or banishment or death, for these Prophets of God undergo every kind of hardship and forego every kind of advantage or pleasure in life for serving mankind. And God is truth and goodness, and all our fancies of false worship are falsehoods and evils. Shall we prefer falsehood and evil to truth and goodness? (R).