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TRUE WISDOM DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN

possess any real perception are defined as blind and deaf in the
Qur’an, even though they have no physical deficiencies. It is be-
cause these people cannot properly comprehend reality in gen-
eral, nor can they grasp the realities they see and hear. For
example, they cannot see Allah’s greatness by looking at the
perfect creation in the universe. Even if they do see it, they pre-
tend not to have seen it, as they are thoughtless and do not listen
to the voice of their conscience. Or they do not hear those who
call them to the right path and explain to them the teachings of
the Qur’an. Actually, they do hear them physically, but they go
on living their lives heedlessly as if they had never listened to
them. The situation they are in is explained in the Qur’an as:
Among them there are some who listen to you. But can
you make the deaf hear incapable as they are of under-
standing? Among them there are some who look at
you. But can you guide the blind, bereft as they are of
sight? Allah does not wrong people in any way; rather
it is people who wrong themselves. On the day We
gather them together—when it will seem as if they had
tarried no more than an hour of a single day—they will
recognize one another. Those who denied the meeting
with Allah and did not follow the right path will be
lost. (Surah Yunus: 42-45)
As can be understood from all these explanations in the
Qur’an, by detaching people from their humanness, a lack of
wisdom makes people unable to comprehend and see and hear
realities. This is explained in other verses:
We created many of the jinn and mankind for Hell.
They have hearts they do not understand with. They
have eyes they do not see with. They have ears they do