105 Preface يَومَ يَأتِ لا تَكَلَّمُ نَفسٌ إِلّا بِإِذنِهِ ۚ فَمِنهُم شَقِيٌّ وَسَعيدٌYusuf AliThe day it arrives, no soul shall speak1 except by His leave: of those (gathered) some will be wretched and some will be blessed.2Speak: i.e., either in self-defence or in accusation of others or to intercede for others, or to enter into conversation or ask questions, one with another. It will be a solemn Day, before the Great Judge of all, to whom everything will be known and whose authority will be unquestioned. There will be no room for quibbling or equivocation or subterfuge of any kind, nor can anyone lay the blame on another or take the responsibility of another. Personal responsibility will be enforced strictly.Shaqi (wretched) and Sa'id (blessed) have become almost technical theological terms. They are explained in the four following verses.