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TRUE WISDOM DESCRIBED IN THE QUR'AN

lowing is an example Allah gives to describe the situation these
people are in:
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
not hear with. Such people are like cattle. No, they are
even further astray! They are the unaware. (Surat al-
A‘raf: 179)
The situation such people are in is clearly explained in the
Qur’an, but they are not even aware of this reality either. Since
one who is oblivious would never see himself as being "oblivi-
ous", he would not even admit that there could be any such pos-
sibility.
Awise person on the contrary can recognize the state these
heedless people are in at first glance. This is because people of
wisdom approach events by using the Qur’an as their guide.
The Qur’an informs us of the behaviour, the mentality, and the
reasoning a heedless person displays. For this reason, a heedless
person gives himself away at every turn. As long as this person
is in this state of mind, he will manifest his state by his actions
and thoughts, even if he has had a good education and is a per-
fect speaker.
Foremost among the signs that shows a person’s heedless
state is his judging everything by its outward appearances. The
person in question thinks that everything consists of the things
he sees. And because of this, he evaluates things wrongly and
reaches wrong conclusions. He mostly cannot see the benefits
and reasons behind events.
Another major mistake heedlessness brings about is for peo-
ple to forget the reason for their creation and existence in this