31 Preface سَنَفرُغُ لَكُم أَيُّهَ الثَّقَلانِYusuf AliSoon shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!1Thaqal: weight, something weighty, something weighed with something else. The two thaqals are the two worlds of Jinns and men,—the unseen world and the world before our eyes. They are both before God, and the affairs of both are conducted under His Command. If there are inequalities or apparent disturbances of balance, that is only for a season. God gives to both good and evil men a chance in this period of probation; but this period will soon be over, and Judgment will be established. To give you this chance, this probation, this warning, is itself a favour, by which you should profit, and for which you should be grateful.