44 Preface خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرضَ بِالحَقِّ ۚ إِنَّ في ذٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِلمُؤمِنينَYusuf AliGod created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions):1 verily in that is a Sign for those who believe.Cf. 6:73 and n. 896. In all God’s Creation, not only is there evidence of intelligent Purpose, fitting all parts together with wisdom, but also of supreme Goodness and cherishing Care, by which all needs are satisfied and all the highest and truest cravings fulfilled. These are like beckoning signals to lead on those who pray and search in Faith, those who with the most intense desire of their soul can pray, as in Cardinal Newman’s Hymn, “Lead, kindly Light! Amid the encircling gloom, lead Thou me on!”