60 Preface وَتَضحَكونَ وَلا تَبكونَYusuf AliAnd will ye laugh1 and not weep,-The higher issues of Life and the Hereafter are serious, and therefore all that we do in this life is serious and important. We must shun inanities and frivolities. It is no laughing time. If we only realised our own shortcomings, we should weep, with our good angels who weep for us. But weeping by itself will not help. We must try and understand God and adore Him. Thus shall we be able to understand ourselves and our fellow-men.