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وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَطَمَسْنَا عَلَي أَعْيُنِهِمْ فَاسْتَبَقُوا الصّـِرَاطَ فَاَنَّي يُبْصِرُونَ

وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَي مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيّاً وَلاَ يَرْجِعُونَ

66. “And if We please, We would obliterate their eyes, then they would race to the way, but how would they see?”

67. “And if We please, We would surely transform them in their place, then they would not be able to go on, nor will they return.”

We should not be neglectful of the wrath of Allah (s.w.t.) and change of His bounties. Before the descent of punishment, obstinacy should be put aside. This verse points to one of the punishments which Allah may afflict the guilty group in this very present world, and it is a terrible painful punishment. It says:

In this state, an extraordinary horror will envelop them. They want to go in the path they usually used to go and to precede each other, but how can they do?

They will be unable even to find the road toward their houses, let alone they find the path of the truth and step in the straight way. Then, the next verse refers to another painful chastisement. It says:

(They may be transformed into some motionless statues that have no soul, or into some palsied animals.) The verse continues saying:

However, the two abovementioned verses are about the chastisements in the world. They are as threatening to the disbelievers and the sinners that Allah is able to afflict them to such painful fates in this very world, but, because of His Grace and Mercy, He has not done so, haply these obstinate sinners become aware and return to the path of the truth.