44 Preface فَقولا لَهُ قَولًا لَيِّنًا لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَو يَخشىٰYusuf Ali“But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (God).”1So far Pharaoh, in his inordinate vanity, had forgotten himself and forgotten how small a creature he was before God. This was to be brought to his recollection, so that he might perhaps repent and believe, or at least be deterred by fear from “transgressing all bounds”. Some men eschew wrong from sincere love of God and understanding of their fellow-men, and some (of coarser minds) from the fear of consequences. Even the latter conduct may be a step to the former.