Meaning, they are far from God and have a painful punishment; that is: let those who act hypocritically toward the believers and determine ¹ that their hypocrisy will be forgiven not think that they will escape the metamorphoses (al-Masukhiyyat); rather, they are nonetheless in a painful punishment that afflicts their souls.

[28] And on the authority of 'Ali ibn Ahmad al-Barqi, from Sukhnah² ibn Yahya al-Azdi, from Mahan al-Abli, from Yunus ibn Zhabyan—peace be upon him—from al-Mufaddal ibn 'Umar—peace be upon him—from the Knower (al-'Alim)—exalted is His might—that He said: "O Mufaddal, when the tested believer reaches the degree of Purity (al-Safa), there remains for him no degree to inhabit within any of the loathsome states, for he has indeed known the things and recognized their molds, to the extent that he knows the beginning and the end. He knows his own recurrences (Karratihi) and cycles (Adwarihi), and that which he used to recur within among the nations and be transferred through; he recognizes the metamorphosed beings (al-Masukhiyyat) and their transitions—all of that through intuitive discernment (al-Firasa)."