45 Preface وَاسأَل مَن أَرسَلنا مِن قَبلِكَ مِن رُسُلِنا أَجَعَلنا مِن دونِ الرَّحمٰنِ آلِهَةً يُعبَدونَYusuf AliAnd question thou our messengers1 whom We sent before thee; did We appoint any deities other than (God) Most Gracious, to be worshipped? That is, by examining their Message, and asking the learned among their real followers. It will be found that no Religion really teaches the worship of other than God.