Then I said...
Then I said: ‘Every one who establishes anyone besides you -asws , so he is from the ones who worships Allah -azwj superficially?’ So he -asws said: ‘Yes, and it is purely that’. [4] Appendix II: Who are Dead?
Allah -azwj Refers ‘Dead’ and ‘Deaf’ to those who are present but their hearts are dead and will not listen to the guidance, for example: إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ {8027:} You can neither make the dead to hear, nor can you make the deaf to hear the call when they turn back retreating [27:80] وَمَا أَنْتَ بِهَادِي الْعُمْيِ عَنْ ضَلَالَتِهِمْ ۖ إِنْ تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِآيَاتِنَا فَهُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ {8127:} Nor can you guide the blind out of their straying.
Surely, you can only make hear the one who believes in Our Signs and they are submitters [27:81] Similarly at another place, Allah Say, the same: وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْأَحْيَاءُ وَلَا الْأَمْوَاتُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُسْمِعُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ وَمَا أَنْتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ {2235:} And neither are the living equal to the dead.
Surely, Allah Makes to hear one He so Desires to, and you cannot make hear the ones in the graves [35:22] ‘From Ibn Abbas who said, ‘The Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And they are not equal, the blind one and the seeing one [35:19] , said, ‘The blind is Abu Jahl, وَ لَا الظُّلُماتُ وَ لَا النُّورُ فالظلمات أبو جهل، Neither the multiple darkness nor the light [35:20] – so the multiple darkness is Abu Jahl, وَ لَا الظِّلُّ وَ لَا الْحَرُورُ، و الحرور يعني جهنم لأبي جهل، ثم جمعهم جميعا، Neither the shade nor the heat [35:21] – and the heat means Hell for Abu Jahl, then all of them were Gathered together.
و الأموات: كفار مكة. Then Allah -azwj Said: And neither are the living equal to the dead [35:22] : And the dead are the Kafirs of Makkah’ (an extract related to dead). [5] Appendix III: Respecting ‘Shaa’ir Allah’ Respecting ‘Shaa’ir Allah’ (شَعائِرِ اللَّهِ) is also a ‘Wasila’ to approach Allah -azwj . For example, respecting ‘ Hajar-e-Aswad’ and kissing it, is also a Wasila to approach Allah -azwj .
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