78 Preface لَقَد جِئناكُم بِالحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ أَكثَرَكُم لِلحَقِّ كارِهونَYusuf AliVerily We have brought1 the Truth to you: but most of you have a hatred for Truth.We come back now to the Present-primarily to the time when Islam was being preached in Mecca, but by analogy the present time or any time. Truth is often bitter to the taste of those who live on Falsehoods and Shams and profit by them. They hate the Truth, and plot against it. But will they succeed? See next verse and note.