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lief that day than to faith, saying with their ness it.’ (5:113)
mouths what was not in their hearts. And Allah Some of them listen to you but We have placed
knows best what they are hiding. (3:166-167) covers on their hearts, preventing them from un-
Allah knows what is in such people’s hearts so derstanding it, and heaviness in their ears.
turn away from them and warn them and speak Though they see every Sign, they still have no
to them with words that take effect. (4:63) faith, so that when they come to you, disputing
Because of the fact that they broke their with you, those who disbelieve say, ‘This is noth-
covenant, and rejected Allah’s Signs, and killed ing but the myths of previous peoples!’ (6:25)
the Prophets without any right to do so and said, If only they had humbled themselves when Our
‘Our hearts are uncircumcised,’ Allah has violent force came upon them! However, their
stamped them with disbelief, so they do not be- hearts were hard and Satan made what they were
lieve except for very few. (4:155) doing seem attractive to them. (6:43)
Remember Allah’s blessing to you and the Say: ‘What do you think? If Allah took away your
covenant He made with you when you said, ‘We hearing and your sight and sealed up your hearts,
hear and we obey.’ Have fear of Allah. Allah what god is there, other than Allah, who could
knows what the heart contains. (5:7) give them back to you?’ Look how We vary the
But because of their breaking of their covenant, Signs, yet still they turn away! (6:46)
We have cursed them and made their hearts We will overturn their hearts and sight, just as
hard. They distort the true meaning of words and when they did not believe in it at first, and We
have forgotten a good portion of what they were will abandon them to wander blindly in their ex-
reminded of. You will never cease to come upon cessive insolence. (6:110)
some act of treachery on their part, except for a In this way We have appointed as enemies to
few of them. Yet pardon them, and overlook. every Prophet Satans from both mankind and
Allah loves good-doers. (5:13) from the jinn, who inspire each other with delu-
O Messenger! Do not be grieved by those who sions by means of specious words–if your Lord
rush headlong into disbelief among those who had willed, they would not have done it, so
say ‘We believe’ with their tongues when their abandon them and all they fabricate–so that the
hearts contain no faith. And among the Jews are hearts of those who do not believe in the here-
those who listen to lies, listening to other people after incline towards them and are pleased with
who have not come to you, distorting words from them and perpetrate whatever they perpetrate.
their proper meanings, saying, ‘If you are given (6:112-113)
this, then take it. If you are not given it, then be- We will strip away any rancour in their hearts.
ware!’ If Allah desires misguidance for someone, Rivers will flow under them and they will say,
you cannot help him against Allah in any way. ‘Praise be to Allah Who has guided us to this! We
Those are the people whose hearts Allah does would not have been guided, had Allah not
not want to purify. They will have disgrace in this guided us. The Messengers of our Lord came
world and in the hereafter they will have a terri- with the Truth.’ It will be proclaimed to them:
ble punishment. (5:41) ‘This is your Garden which you have inherited
Yet you see those with sickness in their hearts for what you did.’ (7:43)
rushing to them, saying, ‘We fear the wheel of Is it not clear to those who have inherited the
fate may turn against us.’ But it may well be that earth after these people that, if We wanted to, We
Allah will bring about victory or some other con- could strike them for their wrong actions, sealing
tingency from Him. Then they will deeply regret up their hearts so that they cannot hear? (7:100)
their secret thoughts. (5:52) These cities–We have given you news of them.
They said, ‘We want to eat from it and for our Their Messengers came to them with Clear Signs,
hearts to be at peace and to know that you have but they were never going to believe in what they
told us the truth and to be among those who wit- had previously rejected. That is how Allah seals
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