5 Preface يا أَيُّهَا النّاسُ إِنَّ وَعدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ ۖ فَلا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الحَياةُ الدُّنيا ۖ وَلا يَغُرَّنَّكُم بِاللَّهِ الغَرورُYusuf AliO men! Certainly the promise of God1 is true. Let not then this present life deceive you,2 nor let the Chief Deceiver deceive you about God.In verse 3 above the appeal was on the basis of the Past and the Present; now the appeal is on the basis of the Future. God’s grace has promised us the Garden of Bliss; His justice has promised us the Fire of Suffering. Both promises are certain to be fulfilled. On which side shall we range ourselves?Cf. 31:33 and n. 3624. The deception of Evil takes two forms. (1) The seductive temptations of this world may deceive us into forgetting the Hereafter. (2) The Arch-Enemy himself may so blind our spiritual vision that we may say with him, “Evil! be thou my good!” We maybe misled by easy stages. Are we on our guard?