30 Preface وَلَقَد نَجَّينا بَني إِسرائيلَ مِنَ العَذابِ المُهينِYusuf AliWe did deliver aforetime the Children of Israel from humiliating Punishment,1The Israelites were held in bondage prior to the Exodus. Their hard taskmaster placed every indignity on them, and by Pharaoh’s decree their male children were to be killed, and their females were to be kept alive for the Egyptians.