سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ

Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 107

The Bee · Meccan · Juz 14 · Page 279

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا عَلَى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿107﴾
That is because they loved and preferred the life of this world over that of the Hereafter. And Allâh guides not the people who disbelieve.
ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That (is)
بِأَنَّهُمُ bi-annahumu because
ٱسْتَحَبُّوا۟ is'taḥabbū they preferred
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ l-ḥayata the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world
عَلَى ʿalā over
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati the Hereafter
وَأَنَّ wa-anna and that
ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
لَا (does) not
يَهْدِى yahdī guide
ٱلْقَوْمَ l-qawma the people
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ l-kāfirīna the disbelievers

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17. 1. This is the reason for choosing disbelief after faith (becoming apostate): firstly, the world is beloved to them. Secondly, they are not even worthy of guidance in the sight of Allah.

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This is because they preferred the life of this world [113] over the Hereafter, and Allah does not guide the disbelieving people to the straight path.

[113]
Upon Whose Hearts is the Seal Set?

This is because such people, after recognizing Islam as the truth, did accept it, but the value and worth of its truthfulness and the reward of the Hereafter in exchange for hardships was not even so much in their eyes that they could bear some temporary loss of worldly interests. They have become so intoxicated with the pursuit of the world and worship of their own desires that there is no hope of them coming to their senses. And all the faculties of intellect and thought that were granted to them, they rendered useless. Upon the hearts, ears, and eyes of such people, Allah Almighty sets a seal.