133 Preface ۞ وَسارِعوا إِلىٰ مَغفِرَةٍ مِن رَبِّكُم وَجَنَّةٍ عَرضُهَا السَّماواتُ وَالأَرضُ أُعِدَّت لِلمُتَّقينَYusuf AliBe quick in the race for forgiveness from your Lord, and for a Garden whose width is that (of the whole) of the heavens and of the earth,1 prepared for the righteous,- The Fire (3:131) is, as always, contrasted with the Garden -in other words, Hell contrasted with Heaven. We are told that its width alone is that of the whole of the heavens and the earth - all the creation we can imagine. In other words our spiritual felicity covers not merely this or that part of our being, but all life and all existence. Who can measure its width, or length, or depth? (R).