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to fully comply with his responsibilities towards our Lord,
has no qualms about trangressing His limits, or has no will to
adhere to Allah's verses when he is reminded of them, then
there is no reason to believe that such a person heeds Allah's
commands.
In the Qur'an, Allah recounts the condition of those who
turn their faces when they are reminded:
What is the matter with them that they run from the
Reminder like panicked donkeys fleeing from a lion?
In fact each one of them wants to be given an unfurled
scroll. No indeed! The truth is they do not fear the
Hereafter. No indeed! It is truly a reminder to which
anyone who wills may pay heed. (Surat al-
Muddaththir, 49-55)
As the above verses also reveal, the reason why disbeliev-
ers turn their faces away when they receive a reminder, or
even flee from it, is their having no fear of Allah or concern
for the Hereafter. Yet, they ought to be aware that, on the Day
of Judgment, they will be called to give an account of every
time they had received a reminder, to which they had turned
their faces, and every good word about which they feigned
ignorance, and will be rewarded with a terrible punishment.
Every time they pretend to not understand the facts con-
veyed to them, and reject lessons they ought to take from the
many reminders offered to them, they take further step to-
wards the fire of Hell. Allah has granted them a certain pe-
riod of respite, and sends them messengers so as "they
would hopefully pay heed." (Surat al-A`raf, 130) The time
that has been granted to them often deceives those who do
not heed Allah, nor believe in the Hereafter. Wrongly assum-

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