30 Preface وَما أَصابَكُم مِن مُصيبَةٍ فَبِما كَسَبَت أَيديكُم وَيَعفو عَن كَثيرٍYusuf AliWhatever misfortune happens to you, is because on the things your hands1 have wrought, and for many (of them) He grants forgiveness.All evil, all sorrow, all pain and affliction, are things not normal, things twisted from the pure and holy nature as created by God’s hands. As far as man is concerned, his misfortunes are but the consequences of the things he has done, He must bear personal responsibility for them and not throw the blame on others.