26 Preface إِلّا قيلًا سَلامًا سَلامًاYusuf AliOnly the saying,1 “Peace! Peace”.Qil is best translated “saying”, rather than “word”. For the saying is an act, a thought, a fact, which may be embodied in a word, but which goes far beyond the word. The “Peace of God” is an atmosphere which sums up Heaven even better than “Bliss”.