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68 UNAWARENESS: A SLY THREAT

them out of that state. As a result, they do not learn anything
from what happens to them.
All people without exception are responsible for under-
standing and living according to the truth. But if they persist
in their unawareness, they become less intelligent than other
living species and lose those qualities that make them human.
The sense, perception, and understanding that Allah gives to
everyone so that they can know of His existence and serve
Him are closed to these people who are determined to persist
in unawareness:
Those are the people whose hearts, hearing, and sight
have been sealed up by Allah. They are the unaware.
(Surat an-Nahl: 108)
Such individuals can no longer save themselves from living
among the people of Hell unless they turn towards Him. Their
lack of awareness and confusion will be even greater in Hell:
Those who are blind in this world will be blind in the
Hereafter and even further off the Path. (Surat al-Isra’:
72)
The harshness of the punishment and its terror are
described in verses as follows:
… the kindled Fire of Allah reaching right into the heart.
It is sealed in above them in towering columns. (Surat
al-Humaza: 6-9)
People who live in a state of unawareness, who make no
effort to escape from this state, and who die without being
aware of the Qur’an and His pleasure will be dragged down to
Hell.