33 Preface كَذٰلِكَ العَذابُ ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَYusuf AliSuch is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment1 in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!Even in this life the punishment for heedless or selfish arrogance and sin comes suddenly when we least expect it. But there is always room for God’s Mercy if we sincerely repent. If the Punishment in this life seems to us so stupefying, how much worse will it be in the Hereafter, when the Punishment will not be only for a limited time, and the time for repentance will have passed?