Gunohlar uchun Alloh ~ belgilagan jazolarni o'ylab ko'ring va ular o'zingizga ham tegishli bo'lishi mumkinligini tasavvur qiling. Bu sizni biror gunoh qilishdan oldin albatta qayta o'ylashga majbur qiladi. Allohning ~ jazolari orasida: yurak va qulоqning muhrlanishi, ko'rish qobiliyatining parda bilan to'silishi, yurakning qulflanishi, yurak va ko'rishning ag'darilishi; yurakning Allohni ~ eslashdan g'aflatga tushishi; yurakning haqiqatdan adashishi va unda qaytadan xato paydo bo'lishi kiradi. Darhaqiqat, Alloh ~ aytadi: { Albatta, ko'zlar ko'r bo'lmaydi, balki ko'kraklardagi yuraklar ko'r bo'ladi. }2 Bu ko'zning ko'z bilan ko'rinadigan ko'rligi emas, balki yurakning haqiqatni idrok etishdan to'liq ko'r bo'lishidir. (Allohning o'zi saqlasin!) Alloh ~ gunohkorning yuragini, gunohkor sezmagan holda, eng past darajalarga cho'ktirish orqali ham jazolaydi. U ~ bunday yurakning tabiatini hayvonniki kabi qilib qo'yadi, shu tufayli gunohkor hayvonlarga xos ayrim xislat va belgilarga ega bo'ladi. Bu Sufyon ibn Uyaynaning quyidagi oyat haqidagi talqini edi: { Yer yuzida harakat qiladigan hech bir jonzot yo ikki qanoti bilan uchadigan hech bir qush yo’q-ki, sizlar kabi ummatlar bo'lmasin }3. U shunday dedi: "Ularning ba'zilari sherlarga xos odatlarni, ba'zilari itlarga, boshqalari cho'chqalarga yoki eshaklarga xos odatlarni oladi va hokazo." Alloh ~ Qur'onning turli oyatlarida johil (musulmon) kishilarni eshaklarga, itlarga yoki tuyalarga o'xshatgan. Alloh ~ gunohkorlarning yuraklarini bu dunyoda Rabbilarini eslashdan to'sadi va Qiyomat kuni ularga Qo'zg'aladi, chunki U ~ aytgan: { Yo'q! Balki ularning yuraklarida qilgan gunohlari va yomon amallari parda bo'lgan. Yo'q! Albatta, ular (zolimlar) o'sha kuni Rabbilarini ko'rishdan to'silgan bo'lurlar. }4 Alloh ~ gunohkorni bu dunyoda, qabrda va oxiratda hayotini mashaqqat va tashvish aylanmasiga aylantirish orqali jazolaydi. U ~ aytadi: { Kim Mening zikrimdan (ya'ni eslatmamdan) yuz o'girsa... } ...ushbu Qur'onga ishonmaydi va uning ta'limotlariga amal qilmaydi), albatta, unga qiyinchilikli hayot bor va Qiyomat kuni biz uni ko'r holda tiriltiramiz.)5 Qiyinchilikli hayot qabrdagi azob deb tushuntirilgan, ammo bu oyat ushbu o'rinda yanada umumiy ma'noni anglatadi. Darhaqiqat, Alloh ~ Uning Zikridan yuz o'girgan kishini, u dunyo ne'matlaridan bahramand bo'lsa ham, qiyinchilik va tashvishli hayot bilan jazolaydi, chunki uning qalbi yolg'izlik va xorlik hissi hamda soxta istaklar kabi halokatli alomatlardan azob chekadi. Qalb va ruh faqat Allohni ~ eslagandagina xotirjam bo'ladi, chunki faqat U ibodatga loyiqdir. Alloh ~ Unga iymon keltirgan va solih amallar qilgan kishiga yaxshi hayot ato etadi; U ~ shunday degan: (Erkak yoki ayol bo'lishidan qat'i nazar, mo''min holda solih amal qilgan kishiga, albatta, biz yaxshi hayot ato etamiz (bu dunyoda hurmat, qanoat va halol rizq bilan) va ular qilgan eng yaxshi amallariga yarasha, albatta, ajrini beramiz (ya'ni oxiratdagi jannat)).1 Alloh ~ iymon keltirgan va solih amal qilgan kishilarga bu dunyoda yaxshi hayot va oxiratda yaxshi mukofotni kafolatlagan; ular haqiqatan ham ikki dunyoda ham tirikdirlar. U ~ yana shunday degan: (Bu dunyoda yaxshilik qilganlar uchun yaxshilik bor, oxират yurti esa yanada yaxshiroqdir; taqvodorlarning yurti naqadar go'zaldir)2 va (Parvardigoringizdan mag'firat so'rang va Unga tavba qiling, shunda U sizlarga belgilangan muddatgacha yaxshi bahramandlik beradi va fazlga ega bo'lgan har bir kishiga O'z fazlini ato etadi)3. Bu ne'matdan tatib ko'rgan kishilardan biri shunday degan: "Bu dunyoda oxiratdagiga o'xshash jannat bor; kim unga kirsa, haqiqiy jannatga kirgan bo'ladi, kim unga kirmasa, oxiratdagi jannatga kirmagan bo'ladi." Payg'ambar ﷺ bu jannat haqida shunday degan edilar: "Jannatning o'tloqlariga yetganingizda, ulardan yeb-ichinglar." U zotdan jannatning o'tloqlari nima ekani so'ralganda, u zot ﷺ ular Alloh zikr qilinadigan halqalar ekanini aytdilar. Quyidagi oyatni faqat Qiyomat kuniga tegishli deb o'ylamang: {Albatta, taqvodor mo'minlar naimatda bo'lurlar. Albatta, gunohkorlar esa olovli do'zaxda bo'lurlar}. Balki, birinchi guruh uch olamda ham ne'matdan bahramand bo'ladi, ikkinchi guruh esa uch olamda ham azob chekadi. Bu dunyoda qalb poklig'i va qalb salomatligi, shuningdek Alloh ta'olo haqida bilim va Unga sadoqat bilan bo'lishdan ko'ra buyukroq ne'mat yo'q. Alloh ta'olo Ibrohim ﷺ ni maqtab shunday degan: {Albatta, uning (Nuh ﷺ ning) yo'lidan borganlar orasida Ibrohim ham bor edi, qachonki u poklangan qalb bilan kelgan edi}. Poklangan qalb — shirk, nafrat, baxillik va takabburlikdan xoli bo'lgan qalbdir; Alloh ta'ologa ibodatni sof qilishga to'sqinlik qiladigan har qanday kasallikdan xoli bo'lgan qalbdir. Qalb beshta narsadan xoli bo'lganda poklanadi: Alloh ta'oloning yagonaligiga zid bo'lgan shirkdan; Payg'ambar ﷺ sunnatiga zid bo'lgan dindagi bid'atdan; Alloh ta'oloning amrlariga zid bo'lgan nafs havosidan; Alloh ta'oloni zikr qilishga zid bo'lgan g'aflatdan; va ixlosga zid bo'lgan ehtiroslardan. Bu besh narsa Alloh ta'olo oldida to'siq bo'lib, ularning har biri ko'plab boshqa unsurlarga tarmoqlanadi. Shuning uchun banda nazariya, amaliyot va irodada Alloh ta'olodan uni To'g'ri yo'lga hidoyat qilishini qattiq so'rashi zarur. U To'g'ri yo'lning tafsilotlarini bilishi mumkin, lekin ularga e'tibor bermasligi ham mumkin; bilganlarini amalga oshirishi ham, oshirmasligi ham mumkin. Alloh ta'olo O'z qazo-qadari, amrlari va qaytariqlari bilan To'g'ri yo'lga hidoyat qiladi. U O'z rahmati va karami bilan xohlagan kishisini O'z To'g'ri yo'liga hidoyat qiladi. Lekin U, O'zining Adolati va Hikmati bilan, xohlagan kishisini To'g'ri yo'ldan ham chetga chiqaradi. Alloh O'z bandalari uchun To'g'ri yo'lni tayyorlab qo'ygan va ularni unga Undan kelgan dalil va adolat sifatida da'vat qilgan. U ular orasidan xohlaganini O'zidan kelgan ne'mat sifatida To'g'ri yo'lni tutishga hidoyat qilgan. Qiyomat kuni Alloh bandalari uchun To'g'ri yo'lni o'rnatadi, u ularni Jannatga olib boradi. U bu dunyoda Uning Amrlaridan yuz o'girgan kishilarni yo'ldan chetlatadi, ammo bu dunyoda Uning Amrlariga rioya qilganlarga yo'lni kesib o'tishda yordam beradi. U Unga va Uning Elchisiga iymon keltirganlarga, Yig'in kunining zulmatida, oldilarida va o'ng qo'llarida porlaydigan nur ato etadi. Qiyomat kunini ko'z oldingizga keltiring va ikki olamdagi Allohning hikmatini o'ylab ko'ring, shunda bu dunyo oxirat uchun ekin ekiladigan yer ekanligiga qat'iy ishonch hosil qilasiz. Insonlarning baxtlilik yoki baxtsizlik darajasi bu dunyoda Allohga bo'lgan imonlarining kuchi va solih amallarini bajarishlariga bog'liq. Shuning uchun gunohlarning eng og'ir jazolaridan biri, bu dunyoda ham, oxiratda ham To'g'ri yo'ldan adashishdir.

Think of the punishments which Allah ~ has decreed for sins, and imagine that they may be applicable to yourself. This would certainly make you reconsider before committing any sm. Among the Punishments of Allah ~ are: sealing one's heart and ears, keeping a screen over one's eyesight, locking up one's heart, overturning one's heart and eyesight; making one's heart heedless of remembering Allah ~; the straying of one's heart away from the truth, and causing it to relapse. Indeed Allah ~ has said: ( Verily, it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts which are in the breasts that grow blind.)2 This is not the perceptible blindness of the eyes, but is rather, in reality, the complete blindness of the heart, which prevents it from perceiving the truth. (Allah forbid!) Allah ~ also punishes the sinner's heart by sinking it down to the lowest levels, without the sinner's awareness. He ~ turns the nature of such a heart into that of an animal, whereby the sinner acquires certain traits and characteristics of animals. This was the interpretation of Sufyan bin 'Uyaynah of the Verse: (There is not a moving creature on the earth, nor a bird that flies with its two wings, but are communities like you)3. He said: "Some of them assume the usual characteristics of lions, some of dogs, while others of pigs or donkeys, and so on." Allah ~ has likened ignorant (Muslim) people to donkeys, dogs or camels in different Verses of the Qur'an. Allah ~ screens the hearts of sinners from remembering their Lord in this world, and will screen Himself from them on the Day of Resurrection, as He ~ said: (Nay! But on their hearts is the covering of sins and evil deeds, which they used to earn. Nay! Surely, they (the evildoers) will be veiled from seeing their Lord that Day.)4 Allah ~ punishes the sinner by turning his/her life into a cycle of hardship and distress in this world, in the grave and in the Hereafter. He ~ said: (But whoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur'an nor acts on its teachings), verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.)5 A life of hardship was interpreted as the punishment in the grave, but this Verse provides a more general meaning, in this context. In fact, Allah ~ punishes whoever turns away from His Reminder with a life of hardship and anxiety, even if he/she happens to be enjoying the blessings of this world, as his/her heart was suffering from the destructive symptoms of feeling isolation and disgrace, and having false desires. The heart and soul never feel serene unless they remember Allah ~. as He Alone is worthy of worship. Allah ~ grants a good life to whoever believes in Him and does righteous deeds; He ~ said: (Whoever works righteousness - whether male or female - while he (or she) is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism) verily, to him We will give a good life (in this world with respect, contentment and lawful provision), and We shall pay them certainly a reward in proportion to the best of what they used to do (i.e. paradise in the Hereafter)1 Allah ~ has guaranteed for those people who believe and do righteous deeds, a good life in this world and a good compensation in the Hereafter; they are indeed truly alive in both worlds. He ~ also said: (For those who do good in this world, there is good, and the home of the Hereafter will be better; and excellent indeed will be the home of the pious)2 and (Seek forgiveness of your Lord, and turn to Him in repentance, that He may grant you good enjoyment for a term appointed, and bestow His Abounding Grace to every owner of grace)3 One of those who had tasted this grace said: "In this world there is a paradise like the one in the Hereafter; whoever enters it, has entered the Real Paradise, but whoever does not enter it, has not entered the Paradise in the Hereafter." The Prophet ~ had mentioned this Paradise, saying: "When you come upon the Pastures of Paradise feed on them." On being asked what the Pastures of Paradise were, he ~ replied that they were circles where Allah was remembered."4 Do not think that the Verse: (Verily, the pious believers will be in delight. And verily, the evildoers will be in the blazing Fire) 5 is specifically about the Last Day, alone; rather the first group are enjoying the grace in the three worlds; while the second group are suffering the punishment in the three worlds. There is no better grace in this world than that of having righteousness of the heart and soundness of the heart, along with knowledge of Allah ~' and devotion towards Him ~- Allah ~ praised Prophet Ibrahim ~ I saying: (Verily among those who followed his (Noah's) way was Ibrahim, when he came with a pure heart)6 A pure heart is that which is free of polytheism, hatred, miserliness and pride; that is free from any ailment, which might prevent one from devoting one's worship to Allah ~ Alone. The purity of the heart is accomplished when it is free of five things: polytheism, which contradicts the concept of the Oneness of Allah ~; innovation in religion, which contradicts the Sunnah of the Prophet ti; desire, which contradicts the Commandments of Allah i!M;; heedlessness, which contradicts the Remembrance of Allah ~; and passion, which contradicts sincerity. These five aspects are a cover from Allah ~' and each of them is branched into many more elements. Therefore, the Servant of Allah is desperately needs to ask Allah ~ to guide him/her to the Right Path, in terms of theory, practice and willpower. He/she may know the details of the Right Path, yet may ignore them; and whatever he/she knows, he/she may or may not be able to implement. Allah ~ guides to the Right Path by His Divine Decree, Commandments and Prohibitions. He ~ guides to His Right Path whomsoever He wishes, by His Mercy and Graciousness. But He ~ also removes from His Right Path, whomsoever He wishes, by His Justice and Wisdom. Allah ~ has prepared the Right Path for His Servants, and invited them to it as evidence from Him and a justice. He ~ has guided whomsoever He wants among them to take the Right Path as a blessing from Him. On the Day of Resurrection, Allah ~ will set up the Right Path for His Servants, which will take them to Paradise. He ~ will draw away from it whomsoever turned away from His Commandments in this world, but will help whoever observed His Commandments in this world to cross the Path. He ~ will grant those who believe in Him and His Messenger a light, which would shine ahead of them, and in their right hands, in the darkness of the Day of Gathering. You can picture the Day of Judgment before your eyes, and think of the Wisdom of Allah ~ in the two worlds, and then you come to the certainty that this world is but a land to be cultivated for the Hereafter. The status of people, with regards to their degree of happiness or misery, depends on the strength, of their belief in Allah and their performance of righteous deeds, in this world. Therefore, one of the greatest punishments for sins is the deviation from the Right Path, in this world and the Hereafter.