73 Preface لِيُعَذِّبَ اللَّهُ المُنافِقينَ وَالمُنافِقاتِ وَالمُشرِكينَ وَالمُشرِكاتِ وَيَتوبَ اللَّهُ عَلَى المُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ ۗ وَكانَ اللَّهُ غَفورًا رَحيمًاYusuf Ali(With the result) that God has to punish1 the Hypocrites, men and women, and the Unbelievers, men and women, and God turns in Mercy to the Believers,2 men and women: for God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.Man’s generic Covenant, which flowed from his exercising the option given him, choosing Will, Forbearance, Love, and Mercy, made it necessary that breach of it should carry its own punishment. Breach of it is here classed under two heads: those who betray their Trust act either as Hypocrites or as Unbelievers. Hypocrites are those who profess Faith but bring not forth the fruits of Faith. Unbelievers are those who openly defy Faith, and from whom therefore no fruits of Faith are to be expected.Those who remain firm to their Faith and their Covenant (see previous notes) will receive the aid of God’s Grace; their faults and weaknesses will be cured: and they will be made worthy of their exalted Destiny. For God is Oft-Returning and Most Merciful. So ends a Sūra which deals with the greatest complications and misunderstandings in our throbbing life here below, and points upwards to the Great Achievement, the highest Salvation.