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With their minds fully occupied by dreams and memo-
ries, they have no room for those realities that deserve their
full attention: the Hereafter, the Garden, and Hell. They are not
connected to Allah, either in what they think or feel, and con-
ceive of reality as just an unwanted, indistinct, dark space
between dreams and memories. When reality somehow finds
its way into their minds, they immediately stop thinking about
it and return to their daydreams.
Unawareness can be compared to how people with poor
eyesight see the world through an indistinct haze. They can-
not see anything clearly or in detail until they put on their
glasses. Only after doing that will they become aware of how
little they could see without their glasses. Perhaps they had
not seen anything at all.
Unaware people also have a similar (but more serious)
type of conception deficiency: they cannot properly appreci-
ate Allah’s existence, splendor, and honor. But when they
approach Him with a true heart, pray to Him, contemplate
Him, and respect the boundaries He has set for humanity, He
may remove this deficiency so that they can obtain a clear
understanding of reality.

THE UNAWARENESS OF DENIERS

The inner state of those who deny Allah’s existence and
cannot stand to have His name be remembered or mentioned
is considered to be the final stage of unawareness. Such peo-
ple, who flounder in denial, are unloved and condemned by
Allah. In addition, they have many negative and unpleasant

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