39 Preface كَلّا ۖ إِنّا خَلَقناهُم مِمّا يَعلَمونَYusuf AliBy no means! For We have created them out of the (base matter) they know!1The animal part of man is nothing to be proud of, and they know it. It is by spiritual effort, and long preparation through a good life that a man can rise above the mere animal part of him to his high dignity as a spiritual being, and his noble destiny in the Hereafter.