53 Preface أَم لَهُم نَصيبٌ مِنَ المُلكِ فَإِذًا لا يُؤتونَ النّاسَ نَقيرًاYusuf AliHave they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing1 to their fellow-men?The word I have translated farthing is naqir, the groove in a date stone, a thing of no value whatever. Close-fistedness and envy are among the worst forms of selfishness, and appear specially incongruous in people of power, authority, or influence, from whom is expected generosity in giving and generosity in seeing other people’s prosperity or happiness, (Cf. 35:13).