31 All actions are referred to Allah. Therefore when we get the penalty of our deliberate sin, and our senses become impervious to good, the penalty is referred to the justice of Allah (Cf. n.1460, n. 2146, and n. 3577). 32 The penalty here is the opposite of the prosperity referred to in
2:5. As we go down the path of sin, our penalty gathers momentum, just as goodness brings its own capacity for greater goodness.