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What Wisdom Brings With It

sions and make wrong decisions under the same circumstances
is that they don’t follow the Qur’an’s teachings. Allah therefore
draws attention to the fact that only the wise can see and com-
prehend the examples given in the Qur’an and reminds us that
people who know and who don’t know are not the same:
Such metaphors—We devise them for mankind; but
only those with knowledge understand them. (Surat al-
‘Ankabut: 43)
What of him who spends the night hours in prayer,
prostrating himself and standing up, mindful of the
Hereafter, hoping for the mercy of his Lord? Say: "Are
they the same—those who know and those who do not
know?" It is only people of understanding who pay
heed. (Surat az-Zumar: 9)

ATTENTION AND CLEAR CONSCIENCE
In the Qur’an, Allah reminds people to heed Him and draws
their attention to various topics:
Everything in the heavens and on the earth belongs to
Allah. He knows what you are engaged upon. On the Day
when they are returned to Him, He will inform them of
what they did. Allah has knowledge of all things. (Surat
an-Nur: 64)
What! Are they in doubt about the meeting with their
Lord? What! Does He not encompass all things? (Surah
Fussilat: 54)
Have they looked at the sky above them: how We struc-
tured it and made it beautiful and how there are no fis-
sures in it? And the earth: how We stretched it out and
cast firmly embedded mountains onto it and caused