11 Preface يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرعَ وَالزَّيتونَ وَالنَّخيلَ وَالأَعنابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَراتِ ۗ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِقَومٍ يَتَفَكَّرونَYusuf AliWith it He produces for you corn, olives, date-palms, grapes and every kind of fruit: verily in this is a sign for those who give thought.1The least thought and study of nature will show you God’s wise and benign providence in making the processes of nature subserve man’s use and refined life. A higher degree of intelligence and study is required (“men who are wise”) to understand God’s Signs to man in the process connected with the heavenly bodies (verse 12). And a still higher spiritual understanding (“men who celebrate His praises” with gratitude) to realise the marvellous gradation, colours, and nuances in the creatures on this little globe of ours (verse 13). Reason this out very carefully.