39 Preface يا قَومِ إِنَّما هٰذِهِ الحَياةُ الدُّنيا مَتاعٌ وَإِنَّ الآخِرَةَ هِيَ دارُ القَرارِYusuf Ali“O my people! This life of the present is nothing but (temporary) convenience: It is the Hereafter that is the Home that will last.1Faith makes him see the contrast between vanities, even though they may glitter temporarily, and the eternal Good that is destined for man.