15 Preface إِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِ آياتُنا قالَ أَساطيرُ الأَوَّلينَYusuf AliWhen to him are rehearsed Our Signs,1 “Tales of the ancients”,2 he cries!God’s Signs, by which He calls us, are everywhere?in nature and in our very heart and soul. In Revelation, every verse is a Sign, for it stands symbolically for far more than it says. “Sign” (Ayah) thus becomes a technical term for a verse of the Qur-ān.Cf. 6:25.