Basic
States of the Heart
Surah: As-Sajda (18)
Is One Who Believes Like One Who Acts Immorally? They Are Not Equal
أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤۡمِنٗا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقٗاۚ لَّا يَسۡتَوُۥنَ
— السجدة الآية 18
Verse: "Is one who believes like one who acts immorally? They are not equal." (32:18)
Statement of the difference: The Quran establishes an explicit rule: the believing worker and the immoral person are not equal. This world may give the immoral more wealth and the believer tightness — but the true scale is on Judgment Day.
Lesson: Don't measure yourself against the comfortable immoral person — measure by the true scale when "they are not equal."
Statement of the difference: The Quran establishes an explicit rule: the believing worker and the immoral person are not equal. This world may give the immoral more wealth and the believer tightness — but the true scale is on Judgment Day.
Lesson: Don't measure yourself against the comfortable immoral person — measure by the true scale when "they are not equal."
Source: Ibn Kathir (6/355); Al-Sadi; Al-Qurtubi (14/109)
Test Yourself
Why does the believer and immoral person seem equal in this world but not in the Hereafter?
Show Answer