Page 55 - Those Who Do Not Heed The Qur'an

THE ORDERS GIVEN BY SATAN TO DISTANCE PEOPLE 53
FROM THE QUR'AN

next, the deniers still turn away from the truth are the following:
A Book whose verses have been demarcated for people who

know as an Arabic Qur'an, bringing good news and giving
warning; but most of them have turned away and do not hear.
(Surah Fussilat: 3-4)
They are told, "Heed what lies before you and behind you so
that hopefully you will have mercy shown to you." Not one of
your Lord's Signs comes to them without their turning away
from it. (Surah Ya Sin: 45-46)
The people of the Prophet Nuh are cited as examples of this in the
Qur'an. As did all prophets who tried to make Allah their only God
and advised a fine moral life, the Prophet Nuh encountered resis-
tance from his people:

He said, "My Lord, I have called my people night and day but
my calling has only made them more evasive. Indeed, every
time I called them to Your forgiveness, they put their fingers in
their ears, wrapped themselves up in their clothes and were
overweeningly arrogant." (Surah Nuh: 5-7)
This verse shows that the Prophet Nuh invited his people to faith
in Allah in various ways but the people tried everything to avoid lis-
tening to him. It is important to emphasize that those who turn
away from these invitations of the prophets and stop up their ears to
avoid hearing the word of Allah do so because of prejudices and the

powerful whisperings of Satan. The deniers immediately reject
what they are being told, without even listening to a single word. In
the 101st verse of Surat al-Kahf, Allah tells us of those "… whose
ears were unable to hear." Because these people are conditioned not
to abandon their lack of faith, they say "Even if I listen, I won't aban-
don it," and turn their faces away right from the beginning.