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74. “Verily he who comes guilty to his Lord, then for him is Hell, wherein he shall neither die (to deliver) nor live (easily).”

75. “And whoever comes to Him a believer (and) he has done righteous deeds, for such are the most sublime degrees.”

76. “(And) Gardens of Eternity beneath which rivers flow wherein shall they abide forever and this is the reward of him who purifies himself (from evil).”

After that sorcerers believed, they told Pharaoh that his deeds of torture and murder were only for the life of this world while the wrath and Grace of Allah is permanent. The Fire of Hell for the people of Hell is eternal, and the people of Paradise abide in Paradise forever.

The place of a believer, in Hereafter, is Heaven, but gaining a higher degree therein depends on the amount of his purification for which he must struggle and purify himself from pollutions and corruptions in the world from any point of view.

Among them are: refinement of the soul from deviated beliefs, purification of character from vices, purification of body from treachery and perfidy, and purification of deeds and behaviour from indecent acts.

Thus, the Qur’an in these verses implies that the sorcerers told Pharaoh that the reason that they believed in Truth was clear, because:

“Verily he who comes guilty to his Lord, then for him is Hell…”

And the great inflection of such a person in Hell is that neither he dies therein to deliver from chastisement, nor does he live easily, but he permanently flounces between death and life, a life which is more bitter and difficult than death.

The verse continues saying:

“…wherein he shall neither die (to deliver) nor live (easily).”

And, on the contrary, there is the state of the believers.

The verse says:

“And whoever comes to Him a believer (and) he has done righteous deeds, for such are the most sublime degrees.” “(And) Gardens of Eternity beneath which rivers flow wherein shall they abide forever and this is the reward of him who purifies himself (from evil).”

How well those sorcerers purified themselves! When they decided to embrace the Truth and to be heartily steadfast in its path, then they believed firmly and frankly, so that, as the great commentator, the Late Tabarsi, has said:

“They were sorcerers and infidels in the morning but, in that very evening, they became the righteous witnesses of the path of the Truth.”