Page 201 - Learning from the Qur'an

THEY ARE UNGRATEFUL
You can ask forgiveness for them, or not ask forgiveness for them.
Even if you asked forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah still
would not forgive them. That is because they have rejected Allah
and His Messenger. Allah does not guide deviant people. (Qur'an,
9:80)
THEIR OUTER APPEARANCE
AND SPEECH MAY BE IMPRESSIVE
When you see them, their outward form appeals to you, and if
they speak you listen to what they say. But they are like propped-
up planks of wood. They imagine every cry to be against them.
They are the enemy, so beware of them. Allah fight them! How
they are perverted! (Qur'an, 63:4)

THEY LACK INTELLECT
When you call to prayer they make a mockery and a game of it.
That is because they are people who do not use their intellect.
(Qur'an, 5:58)
Among them there are some who listen to you. But can you make
the deaf hear even though they cannot understand? (Qur'an, 10:42)
Each time a sura is sent down, they look at one another, implying,
'Can anyone see you?' Then they turn away. Allah has turned their
hearts away because they are people who do not understand.
(Qur'an, 9:127)
When they are told, 'Believe in the way that the people believe,' they
say, 'What! Are we to believe in the way that fools believe?' No indeed!
They are the fools, but they do not know it. (Qur'an, 2:13)

THEY SUPPOSE THAT THEY ARE WISER
THAN THE BELIEVERS
They are those who said of their brothers, when they themselves
had stayed behind, 'If they had only obeyed us, they would not
have been killed.' Say, 'Then ward off death from yourselves if
you are telling the truth.' (Qur'an, 3:168)

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