106 Preface يَومَ تَبيَضُّ وُجوهٌ وَتَسوَدُّ وُجوهٌ ۚ فَأَمَّا الَّذينَ اسوَدَّت وُجوهُهُم أَكَفَرتُم بَعدَ إيمانِكُم فَذوقُوا العَذابَ بِما كُنتُم تَكفُرونَYusuf AliOn the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some faces will be (in the gloom of) black1: To those whose faces will be black, (will be said): “Did ye reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith.”The “face” (wajh) expresses our personality, our inmost being. White is the colour of Light; to become white is to be illumined with Light, which stands for felicity, the rays of the glorious Light of God. Black is the colour of darkness, sin, rebellion, misery; removal from the Grace and Light of God. These are the Signs of Heaven and Hell. The standard of decision in all questions is the justice of God.