1 Preface ن ۚ وَالقَلَمِ وَما يَسطُرونَYusuf AliNun.5592-A### By the Pen1 and the (Record) which (men) write,-The Pen and the Record are the symbolical foundations of the Revelation to man. The adjuration by the Pen disposes of the flippant charge that God’s Messenger was mad or possessed. For he spoke words of power, not incoherent, but full of meaning, and through the Record of the Pen, that meaning unfolds itself, in innumerable aspects to countless generations. Muḥammad was the living Grace and Mercy of God, and his very nature exalted him above abuse and persecution. (R).