74 Preface وَالَّذينَ يَقولونَ رَبَّنا هَب لَنا مِن أَزواجِنا وَذُرِّيّاتِنا قُرَّةَ أَعيُنٍ وَاجعَلنا لِلمُتَّقينَ إِمامًاYusuf AliAnd those who pray, “Our Lord! Grant unto us wives and offspring who will be the comfort of our eyes,1 and give us (the grace) to lead the righteous.”2We must also pray for the maintenance of God’s I,aw after us, through our wives and descendants: in our eyes they should not be mere accidents or play things, but a real comfort and fulfilment of our spiritual longings. Perhaps, through them, as well as through ourselves, we may, by God’s grace, be able to give a lead for truth and righteousness.Let us recapitulate the virtues of the servants of God: (1) they are humble and forbearing to those below them in spiritual worth: (2) they are constantly, by adoration, in touch with God; (3) they always remember the Judgment in the Hereafter; (4) they are moderate in all things; (5) they avoid treason to God, to their fellow creatures, and to themselves; (6) they give a wide berth not only to falsehood but to futility; (7) they pay attention, both in mind and manner, to the Signs of their Lord; (8) their ambition is to bring up their families in righteousness and to lead in all good. A fine code of individual and social ethics, a ladder of spiritual development, open to all.