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behavior will only be to their detriment. Their heedlessness is
referred to in the Qur'an as follows:
They say, "Our hearts are covered up against what you
call us to and there is a heaviness in our ears. There is
a screen between us and you. So act—we are certainly
acting." (Surah Fussilat, 5)
As their words also reveal, disbelievers are blind and
heedless in real sense. Surely, all ought to fear becoming as
those described in these verses. For, the one who falls into
such a condition is doomed to lead his life in confusion. For
not listening to the verses of Allah, nor even heeding them,
he will not live by the morality of the Qur'an, and fail to ob-
serve Allah's commands and prohibitions. One day, he will
meet death, while in disbelief, for he has turned his face from
Allah's commands and admonitions. The punishment the
disbelievers are to face once they meet with death is de-
scribed in the Qur'an as follows:
If only you could see when the angels take back those
who were disbelievers at their death, beating their
faces and their backs: "Taste the punishment of the
Burning! That is for what you did. Allah does not
wrong His servants." (Surat al-Anfal, 50-51)
Before that day, all must remember that those excuses put
forward on the Day of Judgment will not be able to save
them. Their insistence on remaining in denial, in following in
the footsteps of Satan, and disobedience of the good word,
are all but their personal prerogative. As the above verse also
highlights, Allah does not wrong His servants. This fact is re-
lated in other verses as follows:
We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior

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