37 Preface وَإِنَّهُم لَيَصُدّونَهُم عَنِ السَّبيلِ وَيَحسَبونَ أَنَّهُم مُهتَدونَYusuf AliSuch (evil ones) really hinder them from the Path,1 but they think that they are being guided aright!The downward course in evil is rapid. But the most tragic consequence is that evil persuades its victims to believe that they are pursuing good. They think evil to be their good. They go deeper and deeper into the mire, and become more and more callous. Them and they represent the generic plural of anyone who “withdraws himself from . . . God” (see last verse).