36 Preface أَم لَم يُنَبَّأ بِما في صُحُفِ موسىٰYusuf AliNay, is he not acquainted with what is in the books1 of Moses-Books of Moses: apparendy not the Pentateuch, in the Tawrah, but some other book or books now lost. For example, the Book of the Wars of Jehovah is referred to in the Old Testament (Num. 21:14) but is now lost. The present Pentateuch has no clear message at all of a Life to come.