Page 69 - Unawareness: A Sly Threat

THE END OF UNAWARENESS

Despite all of Allah’s warnings, unawareness quickly
draws those who persist in it toward a horrible, indescribable,
and eternal punishment. Allah created this world as a place of
testing, and those who leave it without becoming aware will
continue their lives eternally among the people of Hell.
As revealed in the Qur’an, their eyes and ears have been
sealed and their understanding removed. Their understanding
and awareness are like those of animals. And, because they
are so by choice, they are even lower than animals:

We created many of the jinn and humanity for Hell. They
have hearts with which they do not understand, eyes
with which they do not see, and ears with which they do
not hear. Such people are like cattle. No, they are even
further astray! They are the unaware. (Surat al-A‘raf:
179)
Do you suppose that most of them hear or understand?
They are just like cattle. Indeed, they are even further
astray! (Surat al-Furqan: 44)
Animals have no awareness. Allah compares unaware
people to them, because their animal-like unawareness has
caused their hearts to harden. Whatever they see and hear,
and all of the admonitions and advice they receive, do not lift
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