Punishment of the Disbelievers and Reward of the Pious Believers Here, Allah mentions the punishment of the disbelievers and the reward of the righteous believers, after describing the Kufr and Shirk that the disbelievers indulge in,لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَاFor them is a torment in the life of this world,by the hands of the believers, killing and capturing them,وَلَعَذَابُ الاخِرَةِand certainly, the torment of the Hereafter,which will come after they suffer humiliation in this life,أَشَقُّis harder, many times harder.The Messenger of Allah said to those who agreed to Mula`anah,إِنَّ عَذَابَ الدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الاْخِرَةSurely, the torment of this life, is easier than the torment of the Hereafter.Indeed, and just as the Messenger of Allah stated, the torment of this life ends but the torment of the Hereafter is everlasting in a Fire that is seventy times hot than our fire, where there are chains whose thickness and hardness are unimaginable.وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ اللّهِ مِن وَاقٍAnd they have no defender (or protector) against Allah. Allah said in other Ayat,فَيَوْمَيِذٍ لاَّ يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌوَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌSo on that Day none will punish as He will punish. And none will bind as He will bind. (89:25-26)and,بَلْ كَذَّبُواْ بِالسَّاعَةِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِالسَّاعَةِ سَعِيراًإِذَا رَأَتْهُمْ مِّن مَّكَانٍ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُواْ لَهَا تَغَيُّظاً وَزَفِيراًوَإَذَا أُلْقُواْ مِنْهَا مَكَاناً ضَيِّقاً مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْاْ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُوراًلااَّ تَدْعُواْ الْيَوْمَ ثُبُوراً وَحِداً وَادْعُواْ ثُبُوراً كَثِيراًقُلْ أَذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ الْخُلْدِ الَّتِى وَعِدَ الْمُتَّقُونَ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَزَاءً وَمَصِيراً And for those who deny the Hour, We have prepared a flaming Fire. When it (Hell) sees them from a far place, they will hear its raging and its roaring. And when they shall be thrown into a narrow place thereof, chained together, they will exclaim therein for destruction.Exclaim not today for one destruction, but exclaim for many destructions.Say:"Is that (torment) better, or the Paradise of Eternity promised for those who have Taqwa!" It will be theirs as a reward and as a final destination. (25:11-15)Similarly He said