60 Preface وَكَأَيِّن مِن دابَّةٍ لا تَحمِلُ رِزقَهَا اللَّهُ يَرزُقُها وَإِيّاكُم ۚ وَهُوَ السَّميعُ العَليمُYusuf AliHow many are the creatures that carry not their own1 sustenance? It is God who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears and knows (all things).If we look at the animal creation, we see that many creatures seem almost helpless to find their own food or sustain their full life, being surrounded by many enemies. Yet in the Plan of God they find full sustenance and protection. So does man. Man’s needs?as well as helplessness?are by many degrees greater. Yet God provides for him as for all His creatures. God listens to the wish and cry of all His creatures and He knows their needs and how to provide for them all. Man should not therefore hesitate to suffer exile or persecution in God’s Cause.