4 Preface وَإِذَا العِشارُ عُطِّلَتYusuf AliWhen the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;1(4) The type of Arab property, as well as the type of the Arab pet, was the camel, and the most precious camel was the she-camel just about to be delivered of her young. She would in normal times be most sedulously cared for. But when all our landmarks of this life vanish, even she would be left untended. Nothing would then be as it is now.