19 Preface قالوا طائِرُكُم مَعَكُم ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرتُم ۚ بَل أَنتُم قَومٌ مُسرِفونَYusuf AliThey said: “Your evil omens are with yourselves:1 (deem ye this an evil omen). If ye are admonished? Nay, but ye are a people transgressing all bounds!”2'What ye call omens arise from your own ill-deeds. Do you suppose that a man who comes to warn you and teach you the better way brings you ill-luck? Fie upon you! (Cf. 17:13).To call Good evil and accuse of falsehood men of truth who come unselfishly to bring the message of the beneficent Mercy of God, is the very height of extravagance and transgression.