9 Preface يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنوا لا تُلهِكُم أَموالُكُم وَلا أَولادُكُم عَن ذِكرِ اللَّهِ ۚ وَمَن يَفعَل ذٰلِكَ فَأُولٰئِكَ هُمُ الخاسِرونَYusuf AliO ye who believe! Let not your riches or your children divert you from the remembrance of God. If any act thus, the loss is their own.1Riches and human resources of all kinds are but fleeting sources of enjoyment. They should not turn away the good man from his devotion to God. “Remembrance of God” includes every act of service and goodness, every kind thought and kind deed, for this is the service and sacrifice which God requires of us. If we fail in this, the loss is our own, not anyone else's: for it stunts our own spiritual growth.