18 Preface كَلّا إِنَّ كِتابَ الأَبرارِ لَفي عِلِّيّينَYusuf AliDay, verily the record of the Righteous is (preserved) in ’Illīyīn.1’Illīyīn: the oblique form of the nominative ’Illīyūn, which occurs in the next verse. It is in contrast to the Sijjīn which occurs in verse 7 above, see also n. to v. 7. Literally, it means the ‘High Places’, but it is probably not the same as the ‘Heights’ (A’rāf) mentioned in 7:46. Nor need we necessarily identify it with the “dwellings on high” (ghurufāt) mentioned in 34:37. Applying the reasoning parallel to that which we applied to Sijjīn, we may interpret it as the Place where is kept the Register of the Righteous.