29 Preface بَل مَتَّعتُ هٰؤُلاءِ وَآباءَهُم حَتّىٰ جاءَهُمُ الحَقُّ وَرَسولٌ مُبينٌAli Quli QaraiRather I provided for these1 and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a manifest apostle. That is, the Arabs.