27 Preface وَهُوَ الَّذي يَبدَأُ الخَلقَ ثُمَّ يُعيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهوَنُ عَلَيهِ ۚ وَلَهُ المَثَلُ الأَعلىٰ فِي السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضِ ۚ وَهُوَ العَزيزُ الحَكيمُYusuf AliIt is He Who begins (the process of) creation;1 then repeats it; and for Him it is most easy. To Him belongs the loftiest2 similitude (we can think of) in the heavens and the earth: for He is Exalted in Might, full of wisdom.Cf. 30:11 above, where the same phrase began the argument about the beginning and end of all things being with God. This has been illustrated by reference to various Signs in Creation, and now the argument is rounded off with the same phrase.God’s glory and God’s attributes are above any names we can give them. Human language is not adequate to express them. We can only form some idea of them at our present stage by means of Similitudes and Parables. But even so, the highest we can think of falls short of the true Reality. For God is higher and wiser than the highest and wisest we can think of (Cf. 16:60).