The painful state of the impure as they die
- Updated On Saturday, 21 June 2014
- Written by Ayatullah Musavi Lari
- Editor Kawther Rahmani
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Wednesday, 07 March 2012
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The spirits of the impure are caught up in terrible darkness and gloom as they die. Overwhelmed by misery and disaster, they mourn their lives of sin. Realizing that neither their relatives nor the material wealth they accumulated can do anything to deliver them, they torment themselves in their wretchedness. Still more terrible than their fate is the fate of cruel, vicious and arrogant tyrants. The sighs and laments of their oppressed victims are like so many daggers plunged in their hearts. The specter of those whom they have wronged assaults them mercilessly with constant blame and reproach, continually increasing the pain and misery they suffer. The vision of these spectacles of terror is like a tormenting flame consuming the heart of the criminal. The Quran depicts the catastrophic destiny of aggressive tyrants as follows: "They will be brought to hellfire every morning and evening, and the descendants of Pharaoh will be punished most severely" (40:46). They will then recall vividly the repeated warnings of the prophets and men of religion who told them of the disasters that awaited them. They will begin to blame themselves for not following the commands of the prophets and not heeding their kindly advice, for had they done so, they would not have cast themselves into perdition.