35 Preface إِنَّهُم كانوا إِذا قيلَ لَهُم لا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ يَستَكبِرونَAli Quli QaraiIndeed it was they who, when they were told, ‘There is no god except Allah,’ used to be disdainful,