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56:68-69)
             And Allah states in another verse that the blind
          could not be held equal to the seeing and asks "Will
          you then consider not?" (Surat al An'am, 6:50)

             One should train oneself to recognize the signs of
          Allah and should always keep them in mind.
          Otherwise, the mind will start to wander, jumping
          from one topic to another, wasting time in thinking
          about useless things. This is a kind of
          unconsciousness; you cannot control your mind
          when you lose your concentration in Allah. You
          cannot focus on a subject. Indeed, you cannot
          conceive the truth behind events, nor can you ever
          have the competence to affect the course they take.
          On the contrary, your mind is directed by stray
          happenings. You are “bewildered” all the time, which
          is not the attribute of the believer, but of the
          unbeliever.

             “... if anyone assigns partners to Allah, it is as if he had
          fallen from heaven and been snatched up by birds, or the
          wind had swooped and thrown him into afar-distant place.”
          (Surat al-Hajj, 22: 31)
             Believers, on the other hand, are the ones who
          direct their minds better to perceive Allah, and who
          try in better ways to serve His religion. They free

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