And Allah -azwj Says: وَرَأَى الْمُجْرِمُونَ النَّارَ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ مُوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا (18:53) Sinners will see the Fire and think they are going to fall into it. They will not find anyway to avert it. And Allah -azwj Says [10] : وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ (21:47) We shall set up scales for justice on the Resurrection Day. Thus no soul will be subjected to slightest cruelty.
And Allah -azwj Says: فَمَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ (23:102) وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ (23:103) Those whose scales are heavy will be prosperous; while those whose scales are light will be the ones who have lost their souls; they will remain in Hell.
Amir-ul-Mo’mineen -asws replied: The meanings of (9:67) نَسُوا اللَّهَ فَنَسِيَهُمْ are that they forgot Allah -azwj in their world, implying that they did not act according to His -azwj commands thus Allah -azwj will also ignore them in the hereafter in such a way that they will not have any reward in the next world, as they are the ones who ignored the ‘Amal-e-Khair’ [11] .
Similarly, in the next verse (7:51) ‘Today We have ignored them as they had forgotten the meeting in the hereafter’ This verse means that Allah -azwj will not withhold His -azwj Blessings from them because they had forgotten to obey Him -azwj , as Allah -azwj would bless those who were obedient to Him -azwj , remembered Him -azwj well, had firm belief in His Prophet -saww and in the hereafter.
And When Allah -azwj Says (19:64):وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّا , Indeed our Lord is so Great and has an Elevated status, it is not possible for Him -azwj to forget or drift away, certainly Knowledge and Memory are an integral part of Him -azwj . Instead, Allah -azwj talks to His servants (as per their traditions), as Arab would say, we have forgotten about a person that’s why we do not mention him, meaning Allah -azwj neither advises them nor pays any attention to them.