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wa-ka-dhālika najzī man ʾasrafa wa-lam yuʾmin bi-ʾāyāti rabbihī wa-la-ʿadhābu l-ʾākhirati ʾashaddu wa-ʾabqā
Thus do We requite those who transgress and do not believe in the signs of their Lord, and the punishment of the Hereafter is severer and more lasting.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Ta Ha – Verses 126 - 127
126. “(Allah) will say: ‘Even so, Our Signs came to you, but you neglected them; in like manner you are forgotten this Day’.”
127. “And thus We recompense him who is prodigal and does not believe in the Signs of his Lord and certainly the chastisement of the Hereafter is more grievous and more lasting.”
Prayer is one of the clear expansions of the remembrance of Allah. Allah in the Qur’an says;
and it is evident that whoever remembers Allah, He will remember him, too. This is the promise of Allah Who says:
And, naturally, those who forget Allah, He may also leave them alone. The verse says:
The holy Prophet (S) said:
“He who recites the Qur’an and does not act accordingly, Allah will muster him blind. That servant may Ask Allah why he is raised blind, and then there comes a voice commanding the angels to take him into Hell”. 8
Concerning the Qur’anic phrase /’atatka’ayatuna/
Imam Sadiq (as) in a tradition said:
“The Immaculate Imams are the signs of Allah and he who abandon them will be left in Fire on the Day of Hereafter”. 9
However, on the Day of Resurrection, a guilty person will say:
In answer to him, immediately it will be said to such a guilty person:
and your eye is blind to see the bounties of Allah and the station of His nearness. Finally, as a conclusion, the Qur’an says:
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