Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Allohning rahmati unga bo'lsin, dedi: "Alloh ~ gunohkorlarni ularning Unga itoatsizlik qilganlari uchun xor qiladi. Agar U ~ ularni izzatlaganida edi, ularni gunoh qilishdan saqlagan bo'lardi; Alloh ~ xor qilgan kishilarni esa hech kim izzatlamaydi; chunki U ~ shunday degan: {Kimni Alloh xor qilsa, uni hech kim izzatlay olmaydi}. 3 Inson, shuningdek, gunohni shunchalik arzimas deb bilguncha uni qilaveradi; gunoh inson nazarida qanchalik arzimas bo'lsa, Allohning huzurida shunchalik og'ir va buyuk bo'ladi. Ibn Mas'ud ~ dedi: "Mo'min o'z gunohlarini xuddi tog' etagidek ko'radi, u o'zining ustiga tushib qolishidan qo'rqadi; gunohkor esa o'z gunohlarini burnining ustiga qo'nib qolgan pashshalar kabi ko'radi, ularni qo'li bilan haydaydi va ular uchib ketadi."4

Al-Hasan Al-Basri, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: "Allah ~ disgraces them (sinners) as they disobeyed Him. If He ~ had honoured them, He ~ would have safeguarded them from committing sins; and those Allah ~ humiliates will have no one to honour them; for He ~ said: (Whomsoever Allah disgraces, none can honour him) 3 A person also continues to commit a sin until he attaches little importance to it, and the more a sin becomes insignificant to a person, the more it becomes serious and great in the Sight of Allah. Ibn Mas'ud ~ said: "A believer sees his sins as if they were the base of a mountain, which he fears might fall on him; whereas the sinner considers his sins like some flies landing on his nose, which he repels so they fly away."4