9 Preface إِنّا نَحنُ نَزَّلنَا الذِّكرَ وَإِنّا لَهُ لَحافِظونَYusuf AliWe have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).1The purity of the text of the Qur-ān through fourteen centuries is a foretaste of the eternal care with which God’s Truth is guarded through all ages. All corruptions, inventions, and accretions pass away, but God’s Pure and Holy Truth will never suffer eclipse even though the whole world mocked at it and was bent on destroying it. (R).