40 Preface إِنّا أَنذَرناكُم عَذابًا قَريبًا يَومَ يَنظُرُ المَرءُ ما قَدَّمَت يَداهُ وَيَقولُ الكافِرُ يا لَيتَني كُنتُ تُرابًاAli Quli QaraiIndeed We have warned you of a punishment near at hand —the day when a person will observe1 what his hands have sent ahead and the faithless one will say, ‘I wish I were dust!’ Or ‘consider.’