22 Preface أَفَمَن يَمشي مُكِبًّا عَلىٰ وَجهِهِ أَهدىٰ أَمَّن يَمشي سَوِيًّا عَلىٰ صِراطٍ مُستَقيمٍYusuf AliIs then one who walks headlong, with his face1 grovelling, better guided,- or one who walks2 evenly on a Straight Way? Cf. 27:90, and n. 3320. The man of probity is the man who walks evenly on a Straight Way, his feet guided by God’s Light and his heart sustained by God’s Mercy. The man who chooses evil grovels, with his face down, in paths of Darkness, stumbling on the way, and in constant distrust and fear, the fear of Evil. The two kinds of men are poles apart, although they live on the same earth, see the same Signs, and are fed with the same Mercies from God.Like Abraham trying to guide his unbelieving father: Cf. 19:43.