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THERE IS LIGHT IN BELIEVERS' FACES, BUT DISGRACE IN THOSE OF DISBELIEVERS

God. It is as if their faces were covered with a strip
of darkest night. Those are the Companions of the
Fire, remaining in it timelessly, forever. (Surah
Yunus: 26-27)

As stated in these verses, disbelievers' faces are
shadowed by debasement. On the other hand, believers have
light on their faces. God states that they are recognised by the
traces of prostration on their faces:
Muhammad is the Messenger of God, and those
who are with him are fierce to the disbelievers,
merciful to one another. You see them bowing and
prostrating, seeking God's good favour and His
pleasure. Their mark is on their faces, the traces of
prostration... (Surat al-Fath: 29)
In other verses, God informs that disbelievers and
evildoers are recognised by their faces:

The evildoers will be recognised by their mark and
seized by their forelocks and their feet. (Surat ar-
Rahman: 41)
If We wished, We would show them to you and you
would know them by their mark and know them by
their ambivalent speech. God knows your actions.
(Surah Muhammad: 30)
It is a miracle and an important secret revealed in the
Qur'an that, depending on one's faith or evildoing, physical
changes occur on one's face. Spiritual feelings produce
physical effects on body; although the contour remains the
same, the expression of the face changes or the face is
lightened or overshadowed. A man of faith, can, by the Will
of God, see this miracle God performs on people.