42 Preface تَدعونَني لِأَكفُرَ بِاللَّهِ وَأُشرِكَ بِهِ ما لَيسَ لي بِهِ عِلمٌ وَأَنا أَدعوكُم إِلَى العَزيزِ الغَفّارِYusuf Ali“Ye do call upon me to blaspheme against God,1 and to join with Him partners of whom I have no knowledge; and I call you to the Exalted in Power, Who forgives again and again!”The worship of Pharaoh was but typical of Egyptian blasphemy, but it had many sides, including the worship of heroes, animals, powers of good and evil in nature, and idols of all kinds. It is this comprehensive cult which required forgiveness again and again, but God is Exalted in Power, and gives such forgiveness on repentance.