Verse:
(5) As for the faithless, it is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not have faith. (6) Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their hearing, and there is a blindfold on their sight, and there is a great punishment for them. (7) Among the people are those who say, 'We have faith in Allah and the Last Day,' but they have no faith. (8) They seek to deceive Allah and those who have faith, yet they deceive no one but themselves, but they are not aware. (9) There is a sickness in their hearts; then Allah increased their sickness, and there is a painful punishment for them because of the lies they used to tell. (10)
When they are told, 'Do not cause corruption on the earth,' they say, 'We are only reformers!' (11) Behold! They are themselves the agents of corruption, but they are not aware. (12) And when they are told, 'Believe like the people who have believed,' they say, 'Shall we believe like the fools who have believed?' Behold! They are themselves the fools, but they do not know. (13) When they meet the faithful, they say, 'We believe,' but when they are alone with their devils, they say, 'We are with you; we were only deriding *them+.' (14) It is Allah who derides them, and leaves them bewildered in their rebellion. (15) They are the ones who bought error for guidance, so their trade did not profit them, nor were they guided. (16)
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But if you were to disbelieve the Creator, his existence, his words, his revelation. It'd be useless to warn you, because you will stay upon your ideas of disbelief.
What I feared has been their undoing. Their hearing has been casted away, their eyes are nothing but blind, and upon their hearts have been laid a seal. For they disbelieved. And hence there will be a consequence, a great punishment.
So, I seek protection, I seek affirmation and love, a mercy infinite, a hope to be guided upon the path of truth and goodness. To avoid your wrath.
I don't want to be among those who when asked about you, say that they believe in you and your judgment, the last day. But in fact, they don't. Nor do I want to be associated with the ones who do nothing but deceive themselves of the truth and your magnanimity while thinking they are deceiving you, the creator, the knower of all. They do not perceive your breadth. They do not understand that the horizon they thought they were fighting against is nothing but a mirage of what you have chosen to show them. They do not know your power.
They are unafraid of your wrath. I fear their hearts are already diseased and rotten, so you have chosen to let them rot in their misery even more, in their make-beliefs. Which will completely shatter on that day, and there will await complete chastisement. A ruin for the lies they said with their tongues. A wrath for the actions they had done.
Their arrogance knows no bounds. Their attitudes indifferent. Telling them off does no good, for they say they come in peace. But nay, they come in mischief. To take and plunder. To usher evil. But they do not perceive.
Shall I invite them towards the faith of love, of gratitude and bountiful rewards in patience, instead they call me and the others a fool. A fool for believing in your being and authority. Nay, the hereafter awaits no one, they will become the fools, but they do not know.
Among them are also those when they are with us, they'd say they are just like us. They believe in you and your revelation. But how indignant, when they are alone with their devils, they make mockery of our faith.
His existence sees and knows all. And they shall have to payback for all the mockery and insults. But left alone will they be from guidance and in their rebellion.
They will however be struck on the day of judgment. For now, these people are the ones who have bought error for guidance. Their bargains bring them no gain. Nor are they guided.
