للمؤمنين الذين أطاعوا الله ورسوله الجنة، والذين لم يطيعوا وكفروا به لهم النار، ولو كانوا يملكون كل ما في الأرض وضِعْفه معه لبذلوه فداء لأنفسهم من عذاب الله يوم القيامة، ولن يُتَقبل منهم، أولئك يحاسَبون على كل ما أسلفوه من عمل سيِّئ، ومسكنهم ومقامهم جهنم تكون لهم فراشًا، وبئس الفراش الذي مهدوه لأنفسهم.
This verse appears at the end of the passage where Allah gives us the prescription of Ramadan. Whenever I read it, I am awe-struck by the endearing expression: 'So let them respond to Me.'
Allah the Almighty is not in need of our response to His call, but we are surely in need of His response to ours. Allah is not in need of our worship or dedication, but we are in dire need of worshipping Him.
Quranic/Islamic worldview. Don't chase this dunya (life of this world). Be around those who remind you to respond to the Call. What good are those who encourage you to disobey/ignore, be heedless of the Call? Allah is calling us to all that is good in this life and the next. And here is what the Big Deceiver has to say:
And Satan will say when the matter has been concluded, 'Indeed, Allāh had promised you the promise of truth. And I promised ...