65 Preface وَلَقَد أوحِيَ إِلَيكَ وَإِلَى الَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكَ لَئِن أَشرَكتَ لَيَحبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكونَنَّ مِنَ الخاسِرينَYusuf AliBut it has already been revealed to thee,-1 as it was to those before thee,- “If thou wert to join (gods with God., truly fruitless2 will be thy work (in life), and thou wilt surely be in the ranks of those who lose (all spiritual good)”.The Message of Unity, renewed in Islam, has been the Message of God since the world began.Cf. 5:5. False worship means that we run alter fruitless tilings, and the main purpose of our spiritual lives is lost.