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fa-kafarū bihī fa-sawfa yaʿlamūna
But they disbelieved it [when it came to them]. Soon they will know!
— Ali Quli Qarai
37Aṣ-ṢāffātالصافاتVerse 170 of 182
Those who set the Ranks37. Aṣ-Ṣāffātالصافات
al-Ṣaffāt
The Ranged Ones
MeccanVerse 170 of 182
Surah As-Saffat – Verse 170
170. “Then they disbelieved in it, so soon they will know.”
We must be careful of the end of the affairs, because being neglectful unto the future can be the cause of disbelief and denial. There has been narrated from Imam Baqir (as) who said that the polytheists of Mecca and the pagans of Quraysh used to curse the Jews and the Christians who belied their prophets. They swore by Allah that if they had had one of the heavenly Books of old with them, they would have believed in it, but when the holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, (S) was appointed as a Divine prophet, they disbelieved in him and denied him.
The verse says: