(30:16) And it also says: ثُمَّ قيلَ لِلَّذينَ ظَلَمُوا...

(30:16) And it also says: ثُمَّ قيلَ لِلَّذينَ ظَلَمُوا ذُوقُوا عَذابَ الْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلاَّ بِما كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُون‏ Then it shall be said to those who were unjust: Taste abiding chastisement; you are not requited except for what you earned. (10:52) And it also says: ْ وَ مَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَريعُ الْحِساب‏ …and whoever disbelieves in the communications of Allah then surely Allah is quick in reckoning.

(3:19) And further says: وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ أَعْمَلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْئَانُ مَآءً حَتَّى‏ إِذَا جَآءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئاً وَوَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِندَهُ فَوَفَّهُ حِسَابَهُ وَ اللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ And (as for) those who disbelieve, their deeds are like the mirage in a desert, which the thirsty man deems to be water; until when he comes to it he finds it to be naught, and there he finds Allah, so He pays back to him his reckoning in full; and Allah is quick in reckoning; (24:39) And then says: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ Surely Allah does not forgive that anything should be associated with Him… (4:48) Imam Sajjad (as) has said in a lengthy tradition: “No balance would be fixed for the polytheists and no scroll would be unfurled; the unfurling of the scroll is only for the Muslims.”[^2] The Messenger of Allah (S) said: “Allah, the Mighty and Sublime takes the accounts of the deeds of all the people except those who were polytheists; no accounting would be there for such people and they would be thrown into Hell right away.”[^3] In the middle: The third group would be of those who were neither complete disbelievers nor sincere believers; on the contrary they were in the middle; but they had faith in Allah, in the Prophet and in resurrection and they performed their duties according to their ability and have good deeds to their credit.

But as a result of the weakness of their faith they also have some shortcomings and defects. The Quran says: وَءَاخَرُونَ اعْتَرَفُواْ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ خَلَطُواْ عَمَلًا صَلِحاً وَءَاخَرَ سَيِّئاً عَسَى اللَّهُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ‏ And others have confessed their faults, they have mingled a good deed and an evil one; may be Allah will turn to them (mercifully); surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.