46 Preface أَو يَأخُذَهُم في تَقَلُّبِهِم فَما هُم بِمُعجِزينَYusuf AliOr that He may not call them to account in the midst of their goings1 to and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him?-(3) Or the punishment may come to people away from their homes and humble them in their pride. It so happened to Abū Jahl, who came exulting in his pride to the Battle of Badr (A.H.2). His army was three times the size of the Muslim army from Medīna. But it suffered a crushing defeat, and he himself was ignominiously slain.