8 Preface وَأَنّا لَمَسنَا السَّماءَ فَوَجَدناها مُلِئَت حَرَسًا شَديدًا وَشُهُبًاAli Quli QaraiIndeed We made for the heaven and found it full of mighty sentries and flames.1 Or ‘meteors.’