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How is Thoughtlessness Defined in the Qur'an?
not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they are
even further astray! They are the unaware. (Surat al-
A‘raf: 179)
The unbelievers are like beasts, which, call out to them
as one may cannot hear anything but a cry and a call.
Deaf, dumb and blind, they understand nothing. (Surat
al-Baqara: 171)
The reason why in the following pages we will be mentioning
things that fog the mind is to warn people against the dangers of
a lack of understanding. Because one who fails to rid himself of
wrongful things that block his mind will experience great losses
in this world and the Hereafter. Allah points out that those who
lack understanding will remember their worldly life in the
Hereafter with regret and say:
If only we had really listened and understood, we
would not now have been the heirs of Hell. (Surat al-
Mulk: 10)
