18 Preface إِنَّ هٰذا لَفِي الصُّحُفِ الأولىٰYusuf AliAnd this is in the Books of the earliest (Revelation),—1The law of righteousness and godliness is not a new law, nor are the vanity and short duration of this world preached here for the first time. But spiritual truths have to be renewed and reiterated again and again.