49 Preface أَلَم تَرَ إِلَى الَّذينَ يُزَكّونَ أَنفُسَهُم ۚ بَلِ اللَّهُ يُزَكّي مَن يَشاءُ وَلا يُظلَمونَ فَتيلًاYusuf AliHast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity for themselves?1 Nay-but God Doth sanctify whom He pleaseth. But never will they fail to receive justice in the least little thing.2The sanctimonious or self-sanctified people are the farthest from sanctity or purity, which can only proceed from God. They cannot play with God’s Truth and yet go on claiming co be guided and purified or justified by God. Their falsehood in itself condemns them; no further proof is needed of their selfishness and evil.Literally, the small skin in the groove of a date stone, a thing of no value:fatila.