72 Preface قالَت يا وَيلَتىٰ أَأَلِدُ وَأَنا عَجوزٌ وَهٰذا بَعلي شَيخًا ۖ إِنَّ هٰذا لَشَيءٌ عَجيبٌYusuf AliShe said: “Alas for me!1 shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!” This is as much a sigh of past regrets as of future wistfulness!