18 Preface وَإِلَى السَّماءِ كَيفَ رُفِعَتYusuf AliAnd at the Sky,1 how it is raised high?—The second thing they should consider is the noble blue vault high above them,—with the sun and moon, the stars and planets, and other heavenly bodies. This scene is full of beauty and magnificence, design and order, plainness and mystery. And yet we receive our light and warmth from the sun, and what would our physical lives be without these influences that come from such enormous distances?