68 Preface أَفَلَم يَدَّبَّرُوا القَولَ أَم جاءَهُم ما لَم يَأتِ آباءَهُمُ الأَوَّلينَAli Quli QaraiHave they not contemplated the discourse,1 or has anything come to them [in it] that did not come to their forefathers? That is, the Qurʾān. Cf. 4:82, 47:24.