9 Preface وَلَئِن سَأَلتَهُم مَن خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ لَيَقولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ العَزيزُ العَليمُYusuf AliIf thou wert to question them, ?Who created the heavens and the earth??1 They would be sure to reply, ?they were created by (Him), the Exalted in Power, Full of Knowledge?;-2Cf. 29:61, 29:63 and n. 3493; and 31:25 and n. 3613. This class of men acknowledge God’s Power and God’s Knowledge or Wisdom, but do not realise God’s infinite Mercy and care for His creatures.Note the beautiful rhetorical figure of speech here. The reply of the inconsistent men who do not follow God’s Law is turned against themselves. When they acknowledge God’s Power and Knowledge, their speech is interrupted, and the concomitant qualities of God’s Mercy and care of His creatures, with pointed reference to the inconsistent ones themselves, is set out in eloquent terms, as completing what they themselves had said, and the right course of conduct is pointed out to them (verses 10-14).