19 Preface وَالطَّيرَ مَحشورَةً ۖ كُلٌّ لَهُ أَوّابٌYusuf AliAnd the birds gathered (in assemblies): all with him did turn (to God).1Note the mutual echo between this verse and verse 17 above. The Arabic awwab is common to both, and it furnishes the rhyme or rhythm of the greater part of this Sūra, thus echoing the main theme: 'Turn to God in Prayer and Praise, for that is more than any worldly power or wisdom.'