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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Mercy of Qur'an and the Advent of Zaman - Commentary On Four Suras Sura 4 : Surat Ul-mulk (the Kingdom) Supplement 1 11 So they shall acknowledge their sins, but far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of the blazing fire. "So they shall acknowledge their sins." L'tarafu, de­rives from `arafa, to know; i`tarafa is to admit, confess or acknowledge. At the time of the punishment, there is a nat­ural confession.

Those who are to be punished will admit that they have hidden themselves from the messages brought to mankind by the prophets, their followers and the Imams (leaders). Everyone has the ability to discern the truth and is therefore able to acknowledge that he has original knowledge. But man hides and denies it through his igno­rance, which is built upon arrogance, fear, anxiety and attachment.

Bali-l- insanu ala nafsihi basira: "Nay, man is evidence against himself." (al-Qiyama:14) Everyone has within himself a higher aware­ness which can shed light on his consciousness. If his consciousness is impure, then his higher awareness is able to discern that his conscious­ness is dwelling upon something unbecoming. Even so, man can still deny the reflection of his higher awareness.

At the point of death, when the ability to interfere with one's destiny stops, all instantaneously becomes clear because time stops. "But far will be (forgiveness) from the inmates of the burning fire." Sahaqa means to crush, annihilate, pulverize. The people of the fire are those who are obliterated by not having acknowl­edged the one and only Entity - Allah. How can they remain whole? If one does not admit the power of an ordinary king, he will be crushed.

How much more important is it then to accept the One and All-Power­ful, Whose kingdom is pervaded by Him. Because of His mercy He gives man countless chances throughout his life to help save him­self from the fire. 12 (As for) those who fear their Lord in secret, they shall surely have forgiveness and a great reward. "(As for) those who fear their Lord in secret, they shall surely have forgiveness and a great reward." The ghayb is the Unseen.

Those who have accepted the fact that there is a Creator, a Reality, without direct personalized evidence - without witnessing it - have taken it on by the inference that there cannot be an effect without a cause. They have directly experienced that there are laws that govern this existence and that the cosmos is not in chaos.