so, they will therefore soon encounter the jungle of Ghayy in Hell (i.e. a dreadful valley in the Hellfire).”^[1]

Writing in commentary of this verse, Imam Jalāl al-Dīn Suyūṭī al-ShāfiꜤī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه narrates the following incident, in which the Companion ꜤUqbah b. ꜤĀmir رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ said:

I heard Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم say, “Soon, the People of the Book and the People of Laban from my ummah will be destroyed.”

I asked, “O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, who are the People of the Book?”

He replied, “Those who learn the Book in order to argue and dispute with believers.”

“O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, who are the People of Laban?”, I further asked, to which he explained, “Those who follow desires and waste salah.”^[2]

Ibn AshꜤath رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ reports how Allah sent a revelation to Prophet Dāwūd عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام, declaring, “The heart connected with worldly desires is indeed distant from Me.”^[3]

Allah also states in the Quran: