33 Preface إِن يَشَأ يُسكِنِ الرّيحَ فَيَظلَلنَ رَواكِدَ عَلىٰ ظَهرِهِ ۚ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِكُلِّ صَبّارٍ شَكورٍYusuf AliIf it be His Will He can still the Wind: then would they become motionless on the back of the (ocean). Verily in this are Signs for everyone who patiently1 perseveres and is grateful. If we study such Signs in the right spirit, we learn the highest lessons for our spiritual life: on the one hand, patient perseverance with reliance on God, and on the other a feeling or attitude of grateful thanks to God, that He enables us to achieve so much in spite of our shortcomings, and forgives in us so much that deserves punishment and disaster.