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Allah the Exalted says:
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“And be not ye as those who forgot Allah, therefor He caused them to forget their souls. Such are the evil-doers.” (59:19)
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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:
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Sins sow the seeds of their own kind,
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And one gives birth to another,
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Until it becomes difficult for the servant to abandon them or break free from them.
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For among the punishments for a bad deed
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Is the bad deed that follows it,
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And among the rewards for a good deed
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Is the good deed that follows it,
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Until these become deeply rooted dispositions,
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Inseparable traits,
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And established faculties.
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If the sinner were to cease the sin
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And turn toward obedience,
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His own soul would feel constricted,
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And his chest would tighten until he returned to it.
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Indeed, many of the corrupt
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Commit the sin without finding any pleasure in it,
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And without any urge toward it,
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Except for the pain they feel in abandoning it.
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He continues to become accustomed to sins,
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Loving them and preferring them,
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Until Allah sends devils upon him,
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Who incite him toward them with a fierce incitement.