8 Preface يَقولونَ لَئِن رَجَعنا إِلَى المَدينَةِ لَيُخرِجَنَّ الأَعَزُّ مِنهَا الأَذَلَّ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ العِزَّةُ وَلِرَسولِهِ وَلِلمُؤمِنينَ وَلٰكِنَّ المُنافِقينَ لا يَعلَمونَAli Quli QaraiThey say, ‘When we return to the city, the mighty will surely expel the abased from it.’1 Yet all might belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and the faithful, but the hypocrites do not know. Or, ‘the mighty will surely expel the weak from it.’