38 Preface قالَ يا أَيُّهَا المَلَأُ أَيُّكُم يَأتيني بِعَرشِها قَبلَ أَن يَأتوني مُسلِمينَAhmed AliHe (then) said (to his courtiers): “O you nobles, is there any one who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission?”