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10 THOSE WHO DO NOT HEED THE QUR'AN

those who ignored the truths of the Qur'an will be remorseful, but
unlike the example we gave above, there will be no second chances.
When that difficult day comes, those who today refuse to accept
the invitation of Allah will say, "If only you could see when they are
standing before the Fire and saying, 'Oh! If only we could be sent
back again, we would not deny the Signs of our Lord and we
would be among the believers.' " (Surat al-An'am: 27) By then it
will be too late, for on that day, judgment will be passed on every-
thing a person has done in life and everybody will receive the corre-
sponding reward or punishment.
What requires most attention these days is the fact that a great
many people are resistant even to reading the Qur'an, though they
do not know what it contains. Because of ingrained prejudices, and
without knowing what kind of life to which Allah invites them, a
majority of people shy away from the Qur'an. They do not evaluate
it in an impartial and unprejudiced manner and, so, reject the invita-
tion of the messengers. Being in a state of heedlessness, with fixed
ideas, those who reject this invitation are unwittingly heading to-

wards devastation.
The purpose of writing this book is to alert people about this
prejudiced viewpoint which will ultimately cause them to suffer
great losses in this world and in the next. It is to invite everybody,
whether or not they are believers, to read the Qur'an and consider
the verses of Allah with an open heart and mind, as all pious believ-
ers have done before them, cleansed of all prejudices, rote "knowl-
edge" and fixed ideas. This reminder is also of benefit to Muslims
who say they believe in the Qur'an but who are not guided by its in-
structions.
It is worth remembering that all the prophets who were simply
messengers from Allah inviting people to have faith in Allah and