98 Preface وَكَم أَهلَكنا قَبلَهُم مِن قَرنٍ هَل تُحِسُّ مِنهُم مِن أَحَدٍ أَو تَسمَعُ لَهُم رِكزًاAli Quli QaraiHow many a generation We have destroyed before them! Can you descry any one of them, or hear from them so much as a murmur?