43 Preface أَكُفّارُكُم خَيرٌ مِن أُولٰئِكُم أَم لَكُم بَراءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِYusuf AliAre your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they?1 Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books? If the Egyptians with all their power and science were unable to resist the punishment of their sins, the Pagan Quraish are asked: how will you fare when you come to a trial of strength against God’s Truth? You are not specially favoured so as to be immune from God’s Law. And if you rely on your numbers, they will be a broken reed when the trial comes, as indeed happened at the Battle of Badr.