99 Preface كَذٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيكَ مِن أَنباءِ ما قَد سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَد آتَيناكَ مِن لَدُنّا ذِكرًاYusuf AliThus do We relate to thee some stories of what happened before: for We have sent thee a Message from Our own Presence.1Thus superseding previous revelations; for this (the Qur-ān) is direct from God, and is not a secondhand exposition on other men’s authority.