45 Preface وَإِذا قيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقوا ما بَينَ أَيديكُم وَما خَلفَكُم لَعَلَّكُم تُرحَمونَAli Quli QaraiAnd when they are told, ‘Beware of that which is before you and that which is behind you,1 so that you may receive [His] mercy.’2 See 34:9.Ellipsis. The omitted clause is, ‘they turn away arrogantly.’