22 Preface إِلىٰ قَدَرٍ مَعلومٍYusuf AliFor a period (of gestation), determined (according to need)?1The period roughly of nine months and ten days is subject to many adjustments. In fact throughout our prenatal as well as postnatal life there are wonderful and nicely-balanced adjustments of which we are ourselves unconscious. Should we not turn in love and gratitude to God our Creator?