136 Preface قالوا سَواءٌ عَلَينا أَوَعَظتَ أَم لَم تَكُن مِنَ الواعِظينَYusuf AliThey said: “It is the same to us whether thou admonish us or be not among (our) Admonishers!1“We are not going to attend to you whether you preach to us or not.” The construction of the second clause, “or be not among our admonishers” is a rapier cut at Hud, as if they had said: “Oh yes! we have heard plenty of admonishers like you!” See the next verse.