51 Preface ۞ وَقالَ اللَّهُ لا تَتَّخِذوا إِلٰهَينِ اثنَينِ ۖ إِنَّما هُوَ إِلٰهٌ واحِدٌ ۖ فَإِيّايَ فَارهَبونِYusuf AliGod has said: “Take not (for worship) two gods:1 for He is just One God. then fear Me (and Me alone).” The ancient Persians believed in two powers in the Universe, one good and the other evil. The Pagan Arabs also had pairs of deities: e.g., Jibt (Sorcery) and Taghut (Evil), referred to in 4:51, n. 573, or the idols on Safa and Marwah referred to in n. 160 to 2:158: their names were Isaf and Nayla.