10 Preface وَالنَّخلَ باسِقاتٍ لَها طَلعٌ نَضيدٌYusuf AliAnd tall (and stately)1 palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks, piled one over another;-A beautiful nature passage. How graphic and unforgettable to anyone who has seen a spring and summer in an Arabian oasis!