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The word "istidraj" is a Qur'anic term<ref>Maʿmūrī, ''Barrasī-yi istidrāj dar Qurʾān wa mīrāth-i tafsīrī'', p. 103.</ref> said to mean the gradual approach of something<ref>Ṭabāṭabāʾī, ''al-Mīzān '', vol. 8, 346.</ref>. It counts as a divine tradition referring to gradual approach of [[disbeliever]]s, [[polytheists]], and wrongdoers to [[divine punishment]] and destruction as a consequence of their persistence on sins and oblivion of [[asking God for forgiveness]] while they were also oblivious of the coming punishment. The tradition is enforced only after stages of God's guidance and testing, on the one hand, and people's denial and refusal, on the other<ref>See: Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 7, pp. 33-34.</ref>

Cognates of the word, "istidraj," appear in the [[Qur'an]] in the verse 182 of [[Sura al-A'raf]] and the verse 44 of [[Sura al-Qalam]], both used to refer to disbelievers<ref>Makārim Shīrāzī, ''Tafsīr-i nimūna'', vol. 7, p. 32.</ref>.