15 Preface فَأَمَّا الإِنسانُ إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَكرَمَنِYusuf AliNow, as for man,1 when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), “My Lord hath honoured me.”Contrast with God’s justice and watchful care, man’s selfishness and pettiness. God tries us both by prosperity and adversity: in the one we should show humility and kindness; and in the other patience and faith. On the contrary, we get puffed up in prosperity and depressed in adversity, putting false values on this world’s goods.