74 Preface فَلَمّا ذَهَبَ عَن إِبراهيمَ الرَّوعُ وَجاءَتهُ البُشرىٰ يُجادِلُنا في قَومِ لوطٍYusuf AliWhen fear had passed from (the mind of) Abraham and the glad tidings1 had reached him, he began to plead with us for Lut’s people.Glad-tidings: not only that he was to have a son, but that he was to be a fountainhead of prophets. So he now begins to plead at once for the sinful people to whom Lut was sent as a warner.