85 Preface إِنَّ الَّذي فَرَضَ عَلَيكَ القُرآنَ لَرادُّكَ إِلىٰ مَعادٍ ۚ قُل رَبّي أَعلَمُ مَن جاءَ بِالهُدىٰ وَمَن هُوَ في ضَلالٍ مُبينٍYusuf AliVerily He Who ordained1 the Qur-ān for thee, will bring thee back to the Place2 of Return. Say: “My Lord knows best who it is that brings true guidance, and who is in manifest error.”3That is: order in His wisdom and mercy that the Qur-ān should be revealed, containing guidance for conduct in this life and the next, and further ordered that it should be read out and taught and its principles observed in practice. It is because of this teaching and preaching that the Holy Prophet was persecuted, but as God sent the Qur-ān, He will see that those who follow it will not eventually suffer, but be restored to happiness in the Place of Return, for which see next note.Place of Return: (1) a tide of Mecca; (2) the occasion when we shall be restored to the Presence of our Lord. It is said that this verse was revealed at J uhfa, on the road from Mecca to Medīna, a short distance from Mecca, on the Hijrat journey. The Prophet was sad at heart, and this was given as consolation to him. If this was the particular occasion, the general meaning would refer the Place of Return to the occasion of the Resurrection, when all true values will be restored, however they may be disturbed by the temporary interference of Evil in this life.God knows the true from the false, and if we are persecuted for our Faith and attacked or spoken ill of because we dare to do right, our surest refuge is an appeal to God rather than to men.