55 Preface وَلا يَزالُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا في مِريَةٍ مِنهُ حَتّىٰ تَأتِيَهُمُ السّاعَةُ بَغتَةً أَو يَأتِيَهُم عَذابُ يَومٍ عَقيمٍYusuf AliThose who reject Faith will not cease to be1 in doubt concerning (Revelation) until the Hour (of Judgment) comes suddenly upon them, or there comes to them the Penalty of a Day of Disaster.The penalty of deliberately rejecting Faith is that the person doing so closes the channels of Mercy that flow from God. He will always be subject to doubts and superstitions, until the time comes when all earthly scales fall from his spiritual eyes. But then there will be no time for Repentance: it will be too late to profit by the guidance of God given through Revelation.