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E ing them from understanding it, and heaviness in
their ears. When you mention your Lord alone in
EAR the Qur'an, they turn their backs and run away.
(17:46)
Or that of a storm-cloud in the sky, full of dark-
So We sealed their ears with sleep in the cave for
ness, thunder and lightning. They put their fin-
a number of years. (18:11)
gers in their ears against the thunderclaps, fearful
Who could do greater wrong than someone who
of death. Allah encompasses the disbelievers.
is reminded of the Signs of his Lord and then
(2:19)
turns away from them, forgetting all that he has
(Satan said,) ‘I will lead them astray and fill them
done before? We have placed covers on their
with false hopes. I will command them and they
hearts, preventing them from understanding it,
will cut off cattle’s ears. I will command them
and heaviness in their ears. Though you call
and they will change Allah’s creation.’ Anyone
them to guidance, they will nonetheless never be
who takes Satan as his protector in place of Allah
guided. (18:57)
has clearly lost everything. (4:119)
Have they not travelled about the earth and do
We prescribed for them in it: a life for a life, an
they not have hearts to understand with or ears to
eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an
hear with? It is not their eyes which are blind but
ear, a tooth for a tooth, and retaliation for
the hearts in their breasts which are blind.
wounds. But if anyone forgoes that as a charity, it
(22:46)
will act as expiation for him. Those who do not
When Our Signs are recited to such a person, he
judge by what Allah has sent down, such people
turns away arrogantly as if he had not heard, as if
are wrongdoers. (5:45)
there was a great weight in his ears. So give him
Some of them listen to you but We have placed
news of a painful punishment. (31:7)
covers on their hearts, preventing them from un-
They say, ‘Our hearts are covered up against
derstanding it, and heaviness in their ears.
what you call us to and there is a heaviness in
Though they see every Sign, they still have no
our ears. There is a screen between us and you.
faith, so that when they come to you, disputing
So act–we are certainly acting.’ (41:5)
with you, those who disbelieve say, ‘This is noth-
If We had made it a Qur’an in a foreign tongue
ing but the myths of previous peoples!’ (6:25)
they would have said, ‘Why have its Signs not
We created many of the jinn and mankind for
been made plain? What! A foreign language for
Hell. They have hearts they do not understand
an Arab?’ Say: ‘It is guidance and healing for peo-
with. They have eyes they do not see with. They
ple who believe. Those who do not believe have
have ears they do not hear with. Such people are
heaviness in their ears and for them it is blind-
like cattle. No, they are even further astray! They
ness. Such people are being called from a very
are the unaware. (7:179)
distant place.’ (41:44)
Do they have legs they can walk with? Do they
And We diverted a group of jinn towards you to
have hands they can grasp with? Do they have
listen to the Qur’an. When they were in earshot
eyes they can see with? Do they have ears they can
of it they said, ‘Be quiet and listen.’ When it was
hear with? Say: ‘Call on your partner-gods and try
over they went back to their people, warning
all your wiles against me and grant me no reprieve.
them. (46:29)
(7:195)
Indeed, every time I called them to Your forgive-
Among them are some who insult the Prophet, say-
ness, they put their fingers in their ears, wrapped
ing he is only an ear. Say, ‘An ear of good for you,
themselves up in their clothes and were over-
believing in Allah and believing in the believers,
weeningly arrogant. (71:7)
and a mercy for those among you who believe.’As
for those who insult the Messenger of Allah, they
EARTH, THE
will have a painful punishment. (9:61)
When they are told, ‘Do not cause corruption on
We have placed covers on their hearts, prevent-
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