be ally themselves with Him (1); he calls people to what displeases Him and forbids a servant whenever he prays. He has taken his own desire as his god, and Allah has led him astray despite knowledge, rendering him deaf, dumb, and blind. Thus he is dead in both worlds, bereft of the twin felicities. Content with the disgrace of this life and the torment of the Hereafter, he has traded a profitable bargain for a losing deal (2); his heart is turned away from his Lord (3), and the road that leads to His Garden, His approval, and His nearness is barred. He is a friend of Satan and an enemy of the Most Merciful, an accomplice of unbelief, debauchery, and rebellion.

The Muslims are pleased with Allah as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Messenger, whereas the forsaken one is pleased with the cross and the idol as gods, with trinity and disbelief as a creed, and with the path of error and wrath as his path. He is the most disobedient of people toward the Creator—though his only happiness lies in obeying Him—and the most compliant toward a creature—though the ruin of his worldly life and afterlife lies in obeying it. When he is questioned in his grave, “Who is your Lord? What is your religion? Who is your prophet?” he will say, “Alas, alas—I do not know.” It will be said to him, “You neither knew nor recited. Upon this you lived, upon this you died, and upon this you will be raised (4), Allah willing.” Then his grave will be set ablaze, and it will constrict him like the socket of a spearhead on its shaft until the Day of Resurrection (5).