When I read these verses together, I’m struck by how easily the human heart slips into denial. How often I live as though accountability is distant, as though the warnings of Allah are far-off events, irrelevant to my present.
Someone questioned, even mocked, the reality of Allah’s punishment — thinking it was uncertain, or a distant future. Maybe I don’t say these words aloud, but in my actions, I sometimes carry the same attitude....See more