17 Preface اللَّهُ الَّذي أَنزَلَ الكِتابَ بِالحَقِّ وَالميزانَ ۗ وَما يُدريكَ لَعَلَّ السّاعَةَ قَريبٌYusuf AliIt is God Who has sent down the Book in Truth, and the Balance1 (by which to weigh conduct). And what will make thee realise that perhaps the Hour is close at hand?Revelation is like a balance, an instrument placed by God in our hands, by which we can weigh all moral issues, all questions of right and wrong in conduct. We must do so constantly. For the Judgment in any given case may come at any time: it may be quite near, and we must always be prepared. The Balance may also refer to the God-given faculty by which man can judge between right and wrong.