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The Fate Of Those Who Were Led Astray By The Arrogant

lacked character and willpower. Another trait of theirs is
their failure to put their trust in Allah, and their being driven
solely by personal motives. The Qur' an mentions the people
of the Pharaoh who were guilty of such vices:
Pharaoh called to his people, saying, "My people, does
the kingdom of Egypt not belong to me? Do not all
these rivers flow under my control? Do you not then
see?" (Surat az-Zukhruf: 51)

In that way he swayed his people and they succumbed
to him. They were a people of deviators. (Surat az-
Zukhruf: 54)
Such people, who shut their eyes to all forms of violence
and injustice, did not consider seeking refuge in their Lord
and become His servants. On the Day of Judgment, they will
recognise their mistake, but it is often too late. When they
stand before Allah, altogether to give an account of their
deeds, those who were arrogant and those who followed
them will argue with one another:
Those who are disbelievers say, "We will never believe
in this Qur' an, nor in what came before it." If only you
could see when the wrongdoers, standing in the
presence of their Lord, cast accusations back and forth
at one another! Those deemed weak will say to those
deemed great, "Were it not for you, we would have been
believers!"

Those deemed great will say to those deemed weak,
"Did we debar you from the guidance when it came to
you? No, it is you who were evildoers."
Those deemed weak will say to those deemed great,
"No, it was your scheming night and day when you