2 Preface ما يَأتيهِم مِن ذِكرٍ مِن رَبِّهِم مُحدَثٍ إِلَّا استَمَعوهُ وَهُم يَلعَبونَYusuf AliNever comes (aught) to them of a renewed Message1 from their Lord, but they listen to it as in jest,- In each age, when the Message of God is renewed, the very people who should have known better and welcomed the renewal and the sweeping away of human cobwebs, either receive it with amused self-superiority, which later turns into active hostility, or with careless indifference.