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PT. 15 BANI ISRĀ'ĪL makest mention in the Quran of thy Lord alone, they turn their backs in aversion. 1976 CH. 17 ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَحْدَهُ وَلَّوْا عَلَى أَدْبَارِهِمْ نُفُورًا نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ We know best what they. 48 listen for, when they listen to اِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَاذْهُمْ نَجْوَى thee, and when they confer in اِذْ يَقُولُ الظَّلِمُونَ إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا private, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow none but a man who is a victim of deception. '1977 أنْظُرُ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثَالَ coin فَضَلُّوْا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا how they 49. "See, similitudes for thee, and have thus gone astray so that they cannot find a way. ¹ 1978 "25:9. b25:10. 1976. Commentary: It has been made abundantly clear elsewhere in the Quran that the "coverings" over the hearts of disbelievers and the "deafness" in their ears are of their own creation. It is the result of their own perversity and wrongdoing (2:27, 28 & 47:25). Disbelievers, in fact, are the Holy Prophet. They listen to him in order to reject him and find fault with him. The expression may also mean that God is fully aware of the mental attitude of disbelievers to the Holy Prophet. They listen to him in a spirit of mockery and hostility. of The verse refers to some of the over the 'coverings' the hearts disbelievers, e. g. (a) they hold idolatrous beliefs; (b) they listen to the Quran in order to mock at it; (c) they look upon the Prophet as too weak to lead a successful movement; (d) they regard him as a victim of deception and (e) they consider him mad. All these various causes of the rejection of the Prophet by disbelievers are implied in the word architects of their own evil destiny. The words, when thou makest mention in the Quran of thy Lord alone, mean that disbelievers cannot discard the coverings over their hearts because the mention of the Unity and Oneness of God is so repugnant to them that they turn their backs in aversion and refuse to listen when it is being mentioned. 1977. Commentary: The expression means that God knows full well the object of disbelievers in listening to (a victim of deception), which Possesses a variety of meanings. 1978. Important Words: 1785. (coin similitudes for thee) ضربو الک الامثال