And those who repudiate Our revelations, We shall draw them closer and closer towards their doom, by and large, whilst they are still unawares.

7 : 183

I will give them a loose rope, for verily My hidden tactics are unassailable!

(It may not always be the case that those who transgress, slight the revelations of Allah, repudiate His messengers, break every rule in the book, lie, cheat, fornicate, sell their souls to the devil, accept bribes, flout justice, be insolent towards their parents and peers, exploit the weak and deprive the orphans of what is rightfully theirs are punished by Allah immediately. As characterized in the above two verses, the unassailable strategy of Allah is to give the recusants a loose rope for a while, let them go as far as their defiance would take them, let them pat themselves on their backs that they did the unthinkable and yet got away with it, let them meander in the voids of their quandary and ten abruptly tighten the noose when they are least expecting to be hit. It happened to Nimrod, it happened to Pharaoh, it happened to Nero, it happened to Hitler and to Milosovic; it happened to those who never thought the sun of success would set on them; it happened to those who never knew that the tide of fame on which they rode also has an ebb of ignominy following close behind them; it happened to those who never suspected that the aura of pride surrounding their éclat owes its effulgence to the oblivion of nullity trailing it!

Let those who commit blasphemy against Allah in order to make a financial gain do well to remember that, if Allah is determined to punish, He has no need of Fatwas passed by intermediaries, or Fatwas implemented by reactionaries; He punishes them by inflicting on them a life which is worse than death; a life of ignominy filled with lonesome days and long and sleepless nights so that they may reflect upon what they have done and turn repentant to Him!)