Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When you see Allah Almighty giving a servant in this world what he loves despite his sins, then that is istidraj (being drawn on gradually to ruin)." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "So when they forgot what they had been reminded of, We opened to them the gates of everything, until, when they rejoiced in what they had been given, We seized them suddenly, and then they were in despair."
Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and he recorded these additional words: (Allah Almighty says:) "So the root of the people who did wrong was cut off, and all praise belongs to Allah Almighty, the Lord of all the worlds."
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب التفسير / 10996
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