5 Preface بَل قالوا أَضغاثُ أَحلامٍ بَلِ افتَراهُ بَل هُوَ شاعِرٌ فَليَأتِنا بِآيَةٍ كَما أُرسِلَ الأَوَّلونَAhmed AliYet they say: “These are only confused dreams,” or rather: “He has invented them;” or: “He is only a poet. Let him therefore bring a miracle to us as the earlier (apostles) were sent with.”