26 Preface فَأَذاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الخِزيَ فِي الحَياةِ الدُّنيا ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَYusuf AliSo God gave them a taste of humiliation in the present life,1 but greater is the punishment of the Hereafter, if they only knew! Cf. 2:114. Sin often brings disgrace and humiliation in this life, but the greater and truer punishment is in the Hereafter. But men often do not know the inwardness of this matter. If they flourish here for a time, they think they will escape the real consequences in the Hereafter. Or if they suffer little harm here, they think that will make up the Penalty, and they will escape the Hereafter. Both ideas are wrong.