4 Preface قُل أَرَأَيتُم ما تَدعونَ مِن دونِ اللَّهِ أَروني ماذا خَلَقوا مِنَ الأَرضِ أَم لَهُم شِركٌ فِي السَّماواتِ ۖ ائتوني بِكِتابٍ مِن قَبلِ هٰذا أَو أَثارَةٍ مِن عِلمٍ إِن كُنتُم صادِقينَYusuf AliSay: “Do ye see1 what it is ye invoke besides God. Show me what it is they have created on earth, or have they a share in the heavens bring me a Book2 (revealed) before this, or any remnant of knowledge (ye may have), if ye are telling the truth!Some people may rush thoughtlessly into false worship, because it is the fashion or an ancestral custom, etc. They are asked to pause and see for themselves. Have the false gods or falsehood created anything? (They destroy much). Or have they any share or lot in the things we associate with the heavensspiritual well-being, etc.?Or is there any warrant for you from any earlier revelation, assuming that you do not believe in this Revelation? Or can you point to the least scrap or remnant of real knowledge on which you can base what we condemn as your false life? No, you cannot.