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THE RELIGION OF THE IGNORANT

seven heavens and the Lord of the Mighty Throne?" They
will say: "Allah." Say: "So will you not pay heed?" Say: "In
Whose hand is the dominion over everything, He Who
gives protection and from Whom no protection can be
given, if you have any knowledge?" They will say:
"Allah's." Say: "So how have you been bewitched?" The
fact is that We have given them the truth and they are liars.
(Surat al-Muminun, 84-90)
If you ask them, "Who sends down water from the sky,
bringing the earth back to life again after it was dead?"
they will say, "Allah." Say: "Praise be to Allah." But most of
them do not use their intellect. (Surat al-'Ankabut, 63)
Adherents of Ignorantism are unaffected by the existence of
Allah and are easily able to carry on living in violation of His com-
mandments because they lack the reason with which to compre-
hend the meaning of what they attest to. They do not ponder on
Allah's might and power and appreciate them in the way they
should. They have certainly not thought in a conscious manner or
displayed the behavior of a believer, who are described in the verse
as:
those who remember Allah, standing, sitting and lying on
their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and
the Earth: "Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing.
Glory be to You! So safeguard us from the punishment of
the Fire." (Surah Al ‘Imran, 191)
It is revealed in the Qur'an that such people lack the means for
such thought because they are devoid of reason:
Do you suppose that most of them hear or understand?
They are just like cattle. Indeed they are even more astray!
(Surat al-Furqan, 44)

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