6 Preface وَكَم أَرسَلنا مِن نَبِيٍّ فِي الأَوَّلينَYusuf AliBut how many were1 the prophets We sent amongst the peoples of old?In spite of, or because of, man’s obstinate and rebellious nature, God sent prophet after prophet to the peoples of old, but there was among them always a party that ridiculed them and treated God’s Signs as naught.