Then Allah tells us:
[الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
وَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَـهُمْ عَذَابًا]
(Those who disbelieved and tried to obstruct the path of Allah, for them We
will add torment) meaning one punishment for their disbelief and another
punishment for turning others away from following the truth, as Allah says:
[وَهُمْ يَنْهَوْنَ
عَنْهُ وَيَنْأَوْنَ عَنْهُ]
(And they prevent others from him and they themselves keep away from him)
[6:26] meaning they forbade others to follow him and they themselves shunned
him, but:
[وَإِن يُهْلِكُونَ
إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ]
(they destroyed only themselves, while they do not realize it.) This is
evidence that there will be varying levels of punishment for the disbelievers,
just as there will be varying degrees of Paradise for the believers, as Allah
says:
[قَالَ لِكُلٍّ
ضِعْفٌ وَلَـكِن لاَّ تَعْلَمُونَ]
(For each one there is double (torment), but you know not.) [7:38]
[وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ
فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا
عَلَى هَـؤُلآءِ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَـبَ تِبْيَانًا لِّكُلِّ شَىْءٍ
وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَى لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ ]
(89. And on the Day when We resurrect a witness from each nation from among
themselves, and We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against these. And We
have revealed the Book (the Qur'an) to you as an explanation of everything, a
guidance, a mercy, and good news for the Muslims.)
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