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unbelievers grasp that they will be subjected to a great
penalty that will last for all eternity -- unless Allah wills
otherwise. Those who lived all their lives distant from the
religion of Allah start to earnestly implore Allah's for-
giveness and safety. They plead to be sent back to the
world, to do good deeds and to make up for what they
have lost. But their wishes aren't acceptable because they
were "given a life long enough so that they would
receive admonition" as Allah maintains in the verse.
They were given glad tidings of the gardens of paradise

and also warned against the fire of hell, but they willful-
ly turned away from all these truths. Allah states in the
Qur'an that they will again tend to denial upon another
opportunity:
When death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord,
send me back again, so that perhaps I may act rightly
regarding the things I failed to do!" No indeed! It is just
words he utters... (Surat al-Muminun: 99-100)
Unbelievers knowingly did not prostrate before Allah,
nor fulfill His orders, nor conform to the sublime morali-

ty. Allah says in the Qur'an that at the time of death, they
wouldn't even be able to simply prostrate:
On the Day when legs are bared and they are called on
to prostrate, they will not be able to do so. Their eyes
will be downcast, darkened by debasement; for they
were called on to prostrate when they were in full pos-
session of their faculties. (Surat al-Qalam: 42-43)