this that Our punishment shall come by day as they are playing? Are they unafraid of the concealed plan of Allah? So only those who incur destruction are unafraid regarding the concealed plan of Allah.^[1]

!اللہ! اللہ It is thus evident that becoming indifferent to the punishment of Allah, His seizure, and His hidden plan is the way of those who are destined for ruin and loss.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The Tragic End of Seventy Ascetics

Sayyidunā Wahb b. Munabbih رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه remarked:

There were seventy ascetics among the Israelites—ascetics meaning, pious people who detach themselves from the world. In that era, no one was righteous like them. Allah Almighty sent a revelation to the Prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام of that time that these seventy ascetics would depart from the world as non-believers.

The Prophet عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام asked in astonishment, “O Allah! What is the reason for this? (They are very righteous people, detached from the world, performing virtue upon virtue; why then would they meet such an end?)” Allah Almighty replied, “It is because they have become indifferent to their end.”^[2]

اللہ اکبر! O devotees of the Prophet! Reflect upon this: these were righteous people, detached from the world; in their era, there was none more devoted in worship than them. Yet, regrettably, their end was horrific. Why? Because they had become indifferent; they had become complacent regarding their end. A sentiment had taken root in their hearts that their current ˹spiritual˺ state would persist indefinitely. It was this very complacency, this indifference,