请想一想安拉 ~ 为罪过所降下的惩罚，并设想这些惩罚可能落在你自己身上。这必定会让你在犯任何罪之前三思而行。安拉 ~ 的惩罚包括：封住人的心和耳朵，在人的视力上蒙上帷幕，锁住人的心，颠倒人的心和视力；使人的心对纪念安拉 ~ 漠不关心；使人的心偏离真理，并使其退回原处。安拉 ~ 确实说过：（的确，失明的不是眼睛，而是胸中的心失明了。）这不是眼睛可以觉察的失明，而是心的彻底失明，使它无法认识真理。（安拉 禁止这种情况！）安拉 ~ 还会在罪人不自知的情况下，将他的心压沉到最低处。祂 ~ 会把这样一颗心的本性变成动物的本性，使罪人获得某些动物的特质和性情。苏富扬·本·欧业奈对这节经文的解释正是如此：（地上没有一种爬行的生物，天空中也没有一种用双翼飞翔的飞禽，不是和你们一样的群体。）他说：“其中有些具有狮子的习性，有些具有狗的习性，有些具有猪或驴的习性，等等。”安拉 ~ 在《古兰经》的多节经文中，将无知的（穆斯林）之人比作驴、狗或骆驼。安拉 ~ 使罪人的心在今世无法纪念他们的主，并将在复活日对他们隐藏祂自己，正如祂 ~ 所说：（不然！他们的心上蒙着他们所作的罪恶与过犯的锈垢。不然！当那日，他们（作恶者）必定被隔离于看见他们主的境界之外。）安拉 ~ 还会让罪人的人生在今世、坟墓中和后世都陷入困苦与忧患的循环。祂 ~ 说：（但凡背离我的教诲（即 ……既不信这部《古兰经》，也不遵行其教诲的人，他的生活必定艰难，复活日我们要使他盲目地被驱赶而来。）⁵ 所谓“艰难的生活”，有人解释为坟墓中的刑罚，但在此语境下，这节经文蕴含更为普遍的意义。事实上，真主 ~ 惩罚那些背离其教诲的人，使他们过着艰难和焦虑的生活，即使他们正享受着今世的福乐。因为他们的心灵饱受孤独、耻辱和虚妄欲望等毁灭性症状的折磨。心灵和灵魂只有在记念真主 ~ 时才能获得安宁，因为唯有祂配受崇拜。 真主 ~ 赐予信仰祂并行善的人美好的生活。祂 ~ 说：“无论男女，凡行善并且是信士（坚信伊斯兰一神信仰者），我必使他们享有美好的生活（在今世有尊严、知足和合法的给养），并且必以他们过去所行的最优善功给予他们报酬（即后世的乐园）。”¹ 真主 ~ 为信道并行善的人保证了今世的美好生活和后世的丰厚回报；他们在两个世界中都确实是真正地活着。祂 ~ 又说：“行善于今世的人，将得到善报；后世的住所更好。敬畏者的住所，何等美好！”² 以及：“你们应当向你们的主求饶，并悔罪归向祂，祂将使你们在一定的期限内享受优美的生活，并将把祂的恩惠赐予每一个有恩惠的人。”³ 曾经品尝过这种恩典的人说：“今世有一座如同后世乐园一般的乐园；谁进入了它，谁就进入了真正的乐园；而谁没有进入它，谁也就没有进入后世的乐园。” 先知曾提到这座天堂，说："当你们来到天堂的牧场时，就在那里放牧。"有人问天堂的牧场是什么，他ﷺ回答说，那是人们记念安拉的圆圈。 不要以为这节经文：（诚然，虔诚的信士将处于喜乐之中。诚然，作恶者将处于烈火之中。）是专指末日而言，而是应当理解为：前一群人在三界中享受恩惠，后一群人在三界中遭受惩罚。在今世，没有比心存正义、心地纯正，并认识安拉、一心归顺祂更好的恩惠了。安拉赞美易卜拉欣先知，说：（追随努哈之道的人中就有易卜拉欣，当时他带着纯洁的心前来。）纯洁的心，就是没有多神崇拜、仇恨、吝啬和骄傲的心；就是没有任何可能阻碍人将崇拜专献给安拉的疾病的心。心的纯洁要在它摆脱五种事物时才能实现：与安拉的独一性相违背的多神崇拜；与先知ﷺ的圣训相违背的宗教创新；与安拉的命令相违背的私欲；与记念安拉相违背的疏忽；与诚意相违背的热情。这五方面都是安拉所设的障碍，其中每一项又分支出许多细节。因此，仆人极其需要求安拉在理论、实践和意志上引导他走上正道。他可能知道正道的细节，却仍然忽视它们；他所知道的，他可能能够实行，也可能不能。安拉以祂的天命、命令和禁令引导人走上正道。祂以祂的慈悯和恩慈，引导祂所愿意的人走上祂的正道。 然而,他也会凭其公正与智慧,使他所意欲的人偏离正道。真主为祂的仆人预备了正道,并以来自祂的明证和公正邀请他们走上正道。祂也依自己的恩典,引导祂所意欲的人遵行正道。在复活日,真主将为祂的仆人设立正道,使他们通向乐园。凡在今世背弃祂的诫命的人,祂将使他们离开此道;而在今世遵守祂的诫命的人,祂将助他们渡过此道。祂将把光明赐予信仰祂和祂的使者的人,光明将在集合之日的黑暗中照耀在他们面前和他们的右手边。你可以在眼前想象审判日的情景,思考真主在两个世界中的智慧,然后你便会确信:今世不过是为后世而耕耘的田地。人们的幸福或不幸的处境,取决于他们在今世对真主的信仰以及行善功修的强弱。因此,罪恶最大的惩罚之一,就是在今世和后世偏离正道。

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.