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THEY LACK WISDOM
Or do they say, 'He is a poet and We are waiting for something
bad to happen to him'? Say: 'Wait then! I am waiting with you.' Is
it their intellects that direct them to say this or is it that they are
an unbridled people? (Qur'an, 52:30-32)
It all but bursts with rage. Each time a group is flung into it its
custodians will question them: 'Did no warner come to you?' They
will say, 'Yes indeed, a warner did come to us but we denied him
and said, "Allah has sent nothing down.You are just greatly
misguided."' They will say, 'If only we had really listened and
used our intellect,we would not have been Companions of the
Blaze.' Then they will acknowledge their wrong actions.Away
with the Companions of the Blaze! (Qur'an, 67:8-11)
No self can believe except with Allah's permission. He places a
blight on those who do not use their intellect (Qur'an, 10:100)
Among them there are some who listen to you. But can you make
the deaf hear even though they cannot understand? Among them
there are some who look at you. But can you guide the blind, even
though they cannot see? (Qur'an, 10:42-43)
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)
We created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell. They have
hearts they do not understand with. They have eyes they do not
see with. They have ears they do not hear with. Such people are
like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They are the unaware.
(Qur'an, 7:179)
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)
The worst of beasts in Allah's sight are the deaf and dumb who
have no intellect. (Qur'an, 8:22)

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