Allah Almighty. Having elucidated this with proofs, these verses (7 and 8) delineate four evils of the disbelievers:

1. Lack of Hope in the Meeting with Allah: They do not anticipate appearing before Allah Almighty on the Day of Judgement. Consequently, their hearts are devoid of the fear of the Judgment Day, the dread of Hell, and the yearning for Paradise. This was their first vice.

2. Preference for the Mundane: They have chosen and prioritised this temporary and transient worldly life.

3. Complacency with Worldly Life: They have found complete satisfaction and contentment in the worldly life.

4. Heedlessness of Divine Signs: They remain oblivious to the verses of Allah Almighty.

The ultimate consequence of these four vices of theirs is that their final abode in the Hereafter will be Hell.^[1]

The Calamity of Indifference toward the Hereafter

Dear Islamic brothers! A profound matter to which our attention is drawn in this noble verse is that being satisfied with the life of this world—becoming complacent in one’s current state and harbouring the notion that “I shall remain as I am”—is the characteristic of the disbelievers. In contrast, the hallmark of a believer is that:

1. His heart remains occupied with the fear of the Day of Judgement.

2. He dreads the punishment of Hell.

3. He is apprehensive of the accountability in the grave and the Hereafter.

4. He is never indifferent to the hidden plan of Allah Almighty.