Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 4

(Ayah 4) {اِنَّ الَّذِيْنَ لَا يُؤْمِنُوْنَ …:} After mentioning that the Quran is guidance and glad tidings for the believers, those people are mentioned who do not believe in the Hereafter, that We have made their deeds fair-seeming to them, meaning they have been given this punishment for their disbelief, as He said: «{ وَ نُقَلِّبُ اَفْـِٕدَتَهُمْ وَ اَبْصَارَهُمْ كَمَا لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوْا بِهٖۤ اَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَّ نَذَرُهُمْ فِيْ طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُوْنَ }» [ الأنعام : ۱۱۰ ] “And We will turn their hearts and their eyes away, just as they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in their transgression, wandering blindly.” Or the result of their disbelief is that they became engrossed in the world and made it the center of all their efforts, meaning the punishment for not believing in the Hereafter is that a person begins to consider even his evil deeds as good, as He said: «{ قُلْ هَلْ نُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِالْاَخْسَرِيْنَ اَعْمَالًا (103) اَلَّذِيْنَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَ هُمْ يَحْسَبُوْنَ اَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُوْنَ صُنْعًا (104) اُولٰٓىِٕكَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰيٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ لِقَآىِٕهٖ فَحَبِطَتْ اَعْمَالُهُمْ فَلَا نُقِيْمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيٰمَةِ وَزْنًا (105) ذٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوْا وَ اتَّخَذُوْۤا اٰيٰتِيْ وَ رُسُلِيْ هُزُوًا }» [الکہف : ۱۰۳ تا ۱۰۶ ] “Say, shall We inform you of the greatest losers in respect of deeds? Those whose effort is lost in worldly life while they think that they are doing good work. Those are the ones who denied the signs of their Lord and the meeting with Him, so their deeds have become worthless, and We will not assign to them on the Day of Resurrection any weight. That is their recompense—Hell—for what they denied and took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.”