يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَطِيعُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَلَا تَوَلَّوۡاْ عَنۡهُ وَأَنتُمۡ تَسۡمَعُونَ
(8:20) Believers! Obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn away from
him after you hear his command.
him after you hear his command.
وَلَا تَكُونُواْ كَٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَهُمۡ لَا يَسۡمَعُونَ
(8:21) And do not be like those who say: 'We hear', though they do not hearken.6
۞إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلۡبُكۡمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡقِلُونَ
(8:22) Indeed the worst kind of all beasts in the sight of Allah are the
people that are deaf and dumb,7 and do not understand.
people that are deaf and dumb,7 and do not understand.
وَلَوۡ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمۡ خَيۡرٗا لَّأَسۡمَعَهُمۡۖ وَلَوۡ أَسۡمَعَهُمۡ لَتَوَلَّواْ وَّهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ
(8:23) And had Allah known in them any good He would surely, have made them
hear; but (being as they, are) even if He made them hear, they would have surely
turned away in aversion.8
hear; but (being as they, are) even if He made them hear, they would have surely
turned away in aversion.8
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱسۡتَجِيبُواْ لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمۡ لِمَا يُحۡيِيكُمۡۖ وَٱعۡلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡمَرۡءِ وَقَلۡبِهِۦ وَأَنَّهُۥٓ إِلَيۡهِ تُحۡشَرُونَ
(8:24) Believers! Respond to Allah, and respond to the Messenger when he
calls you to that which gives you life. Know well that Allah stands between
a man and his heart, and it is to Him that all of you shall be mustered.9
calls you to that which gives you life. Know well that Allah stands between
a man and his heart, and it is to Him that all of you shall be mustered.9