26 Preface اللَّهُ لا إِلٰهَ إِلّا هُوَ رَبُّ العَرشِ العَظيمِ ۩Yusuf Ali“God!- there is no god but He!- Lord of the Throne1 Supreme!”The messenger (Hoopoe) is a pious bird, as befits a messenger of Solomon. After mentioning the false worship of the Sabæans, he pronounces the Creed of Unity, and emphasises God’s attribute as Lord of the Throne of Glory supreme, in order to make it clear that whatever may be the magnificence of a human throne such as he has described (in verse 25), he is not in any way misled from his loyalty to Solomon, the exponent of the true Religion of Liberty.