21 Preface يا أَيُّهَا النّاسُ اعبُدوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذي خَلَقَكُم وَالَّذينَ مِن قَبلِكُم لَعَلَّكُم تَتَّقونَYusuf AliO ye people! Adore your Guardian-Lord, who created you and those who came before you, that ye may have the chance to learn righteousness;1For Taqwā see 2:2, n. 26. I connect this dependent clause with “adore, etc.” above, though it could be connected with “created.” According to my construction the argument will be as follows. Adoration is the act of the highest and humblest reverence and worship. When you get into that relationship with God, Who is your Creator and Guardian, your faith produces works of righteousness. It is a chance given you: will you exercise your free will and take it? If you do, your whole nature will be transformed.