106 Preface وَقُرآنًا فَرَقناهُ لِتَقرَأَهُ عَلَى النّاسِ عَلىٰ مُكثٍ وَنَزَّلناهُ تَنزيلًاYusuf Ali(It is) a Qur-ān which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages.1The marvel is that these parts, revealed at different times and in different circumstances, should fit together so closely and consistently as they do. All revelation is progressive. The previous revelations were also progressive. Each of them marked a stage in the world’s spiritual history. Man’s mind does not take in more than his spiritual state will have prepared him for. God’s revelation comes as a light to illuminate our difficulties and show us the way in actual situations that arise.