57 Preface أُولٰئِكَ الَّذينَ يَدعونَ يَبتَغونَ إِلىٰ رَبِّهِمُ الوَسيلَةَ أَيُّهُم أَقرَبُ وَيَرجونَ رَحمَتَهُ وَيَخافونَ عَذابَهُ ۚ إِنَّ عَذابَ رَبِّكَ كانَ مَحذورًاAli Quli QaraiThey [themselves] are the ones who supplicate, seeking a recourse to their Lord,1 whoever is nearer [to Him], expecting His mercy and fearing His punishment.’ Indeed your Lord’s punishment is a thing to beware of. Or ‘Those whom they (i.e., the polytheists) invoke, themselves seek a recourse to their Lord… .’