74 Preface مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ۖ قالوا ضَلّوا عَنّا بَل لَم نَكُن نَدعو مِن قَبلُ شَيئًا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ الكافِرينَAhmed AliApart from God?” They will answer: “They have left us in the lurch and fled. In fact it was nothing that we prayed to before.” That is how God sends the unbelievers astray.