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while they are disbelievers. (9:125) fixed, rushing headlong–heads back, eyes va-
Each time a sura is sent down, they look at one cant, hearts hollow. (14:42-43)
another, implying, ‘Can anyone see you?’ Then In that way We insert it into the evildoers’ hearts.
they turn away. Allah has turned their hearts (15:12)
away because they are people who do not un- We will strip away any rancour in their
derstand. (9:127) hearts–brothers, resting on couches face-to-face.
Mankind! Admonition has come to you from (15:47)
your Lord and also healing for what is in the Your God is One God. As for those who do not
breasts and guidance and mercy for the believ- believe in the hereafter, their hearts are in denial
ers. (10:57) and they are puffed up with pride. (16:22)
Then after him We sent Messengers to their peo- Allah brought you out of your mothers’ wombs
ple, and they brought them the Clear Signs, but knowing nothing at all, and gave you hearing,
they were never going to believe in something sight and hearts so that perhaps you would show
which they had previously denied. That is how thanks. (16:78)
We seal up the hearts of those who overstep the Those are the people whose hearts, hearing and
limits. (10:74) sight Allah has sealed up. They are the unaware.
Musa said, ‘Our Lord, You have given Pharaoh (16:108)
and his ruling circle finery and wealth in the life Do not pursue what you have no knowledge of.
of this world, Our Lord, so that they may be mis- Hearing, sight and hearts will all be questioned.
guided from Your Way. Our Lord, obliterate their (17:36)
wealth and harden their hearts so that they do We have placed covers on their hearts, preventing
not believe until they see the painful punish- them from understanding it, and heaviness in their
ment.’ (10:88) ears. When you mention your Lord alone in the
See how they wrap themselves round trying to Qur'an, they turn their backs and run away. (17:46)
conceal their feelings from Him! No, indeed! We fortified their hearts when they stood up and
When they wrap their garments round them- said, ‘Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the
selves, He knows what they keep secret and earth and We will not call on any god apart from
what they make public. He knows what their Him. We would in that case have uttered an abom-
hearts contain. (11:5) ination.’ (18:14)
As for those who believe and do right actions and Restrain yourself patiently with those who call on
humble themselves before their Lord, they are their Lord morning and evening, desiring His face.
the Companions of the Garden. remaining in it Do not turn your eyes from them, desiring the at-
timelessly, for ever. (11:23) tractions of this world. And do not obey someone
... Say: ‘Allah misguides whoever He wills and whose heart We have made neglectful of Our re-
guides to Himself all who turn to Him: those who membrance and who follows his own whims and
believe and whose hearts find peace in the re- desires and whose life has transgressed all bounds.
membrance of Allah. Only in the remembrance (18:28)
of Allah can the heart find peace.’ (13:27-28) Both gardens yielded their crops and did not suffer
(Ibrahim said,) ‘Our Lord! I have settled some of any loss, and We made a river flow right through
my offspring by Your Sacred House in an unculti- the middle of them. (18:33)
vated valley. Our Lord! Let them perform prayer! Who could do greater wrong than someone who is
Make the hearts of mankind incline towards reminded of the Signs of his Lord and then turns
them and provide them with fruits, so that hope- away from them, forgetting all that he has done be-
fully they will be thankful.’ (14:37) fore? We have placed covers on their hearts, pre-
Do not consider Allah to be unaware of what the venting them from understanding it, and heaviness
wrongdoers perpetrate. He is merely deferring in their ears. Though you call them to guidance,
them to a Day on which their sight will be trans- they will nonetheless never be guided. (18:57)
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