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=="Imla'" and "Imhal" as Synonymous with "Istidraj"==
=="Imla'" and "Imhal" as Synonymous with "Istidraj"==
The concept of istidraj is also mentioned in the Qur'an as "imhal" and "imla'", that is, allowing time to disbelievers or postponing their punishment. In other Quranic verses, sinners' enjoyment of [[divine blessings]] and their oblivion of the [[remembrance of God]] have to do with the tradition of istidraj.
The concept of istidraj is also mentioned in the Qur'an as "imhal" and "imla'", that is, allowing time to disbelievers or postponing their punishment. In other Quranic verses, sinners' enjoyment of [[divine blessings]] and their oblivion of the [[remembrance of God]] have to do with the tradition of istidraj.<ref>Maʿmūrī, ''Barrasī-yi istidrāj dar Qurʾān wa mīrāth-i tafsīrī'', p. 105.</ref>


==Types==
==Types==
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===Social Istidraj===
===Social Istidraj===
Verses 48 of [[Sura al-Hajj]], 16 of [[Sura al-Isra']], and 17 of [[Sura al-Tariq]] point to the occurrence of the tradition of social istidraj concerning past peoples.
Verses 48 of [[Sura al-Hajj]],<ref>Maʿmūrī, ''Barrasī-yi istidrāj dar Qurʾān wa mīrāth-i tafsīrī'', p. 115.</ref> 16 of [[Sura al-Isra']], and 17 of [[Sura al-Tariq]] point to the occurrence of the tradition of social istidraj concerning past peoples.


==Factors==
==Factors==
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[[Imam al-Sadiq (a)|Imam al-Sadiq's (a)]] explanation of istidraj:
[[Imam al-Sadiq (a)|Imam al-Sadiq's (a)]] explanation of istidraj:


"When a servant commits a sin, yet he enjoys a profusion of blessings, where the blessings prevent him from asking for God's forgiveness, [then that is istidraj] and he will be taken unawares in a way that he could not think of."
"When a servant commits a sin, yet he enjoys a profusion of blessings, where the blessings prevent him from asking for God's forgiveness, [then that is istidraj] and he will be taken unawares in a way that he could not think of."<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 2, p. 452.</ref>                                                                                                                                             


==Notes==
==Notes==
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