5 Preface أَفَنَضرِبُ عَنكُمُ الذِّكرَ صَفحًا أَن كُنتُم قَومًا مُسرِفينَYusuf AliShall We then1 take away the Message from you and repel (you), for that ye are a people transgressing beyond bounds? In vouchsafing Revelation, what an inestimable Mercy has God conferred on mankind! Yet so many deluded souls are ungrateful, and ignore or oppose its teaching. If it were not for His attributes of Forgiveness and Forbearing He would be justified in withdrawing that Light, but He continues to shed it, that all who will may come and be blessed by it.