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fa-dhūqū bi-mā nasītum liqāʾa yawmikum hādhā ʾinnā nasīnākum wa-dhūqū ʿadhāba l-khuldi bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna
So taste [the punishment] for your having forgotten the encounter of this day of yours. We [too] have forgotten you. Taste the everlasting punishment because of what you used to do.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah As-Sajdah – Verse 14
14. “So taste (the recompense) because you neglected the meeting of this day of yours; verily We, too, forsake you; and taste the abiding chastisement for what you were doing.”
Attributing forgetfulness to Allah (s.w.t.) is meaningless. Therefore, the objective meaning of the Qur’anic term /nasina/ (We forsake) is that Allah’s reaction with those who has forgotten the Hereafter is the reaction of the one who has forsaken you. So, it is understood from this holy verse that forgetfulness of the just court of Hereafter is the main origin of man’s wretchedness, and it is in this case that he finds himself free in front of injustice and breaking laws. And also this verse makes it clear that the eternal chastisement is for the evil deeds that man commits, not something else.
By the way, forsaking of Allah (s.w.t.) due to His servants is a kind of heedlessness and abandonment of His support and succour, else the whole universe is always with the Providence, and forgetfulness concerning Him does not mean.