44 Preface وَما آتَيناهُم مِن كُتُبٍ يَدرُسونَها ۖ وَما أَرسَلنا إِلَيهِم قَبلَكَ مِن نَذيرٍAli Quli QaraiWe did not give them1 any scriptures that they might have studied, nor did We send them any warner before you.2 That is, the pre-Islamic Arabs.Cf. 36:6.