16 Preface وَلَولا إِذ سَمِعتُموهُ قُلتُم ما يَكونُ لَنا أَن نَتَكَلَّمَ بِهٰذا سُبحانَكَ هٰذا بُهتانٌ عَظيمٌYusuf AliAnd why did ye not, when ye heard it, say? - “It is not right of us to speak of this: Glory to God. this is a most serious slander!”1The right course would have been to stop any further currency of false slanders by ignoring them and at least refusing to help in their circulation. The exclamation “Subh'anaka”, “Praise to Thee (O God)”, or “Glory to God!” is an exclamation of surprise and disavowal as much as to say, “We do not believe it! And we shall have nothing to do with you, O false slanderers!”