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Al-Baqarah 2: 5–10

(5) Such are on true guidance from their Lord; such are the truly successful.

(6) As for those who have rejected (these truths), it is all the same whether or not you warn them, for they will not believe. (7) Allah has sealed their hearts and their hearing,4 and a covering has fallen over their eyes. They deserve severe chastisement.

(8) There are some who say: “We believe in Allah and in the Last Day,” while in fact they do not believe. (9) They are trying to deceive Allah and those who believe, but they do not realize that in truth they are only deceiving themselves. (10) There is a disease in their hearts and Allah has intensified this disease.5 ▶

4 This does not mean that their rejection of the Truth is a consequence of God’s sealing of their hearts. What is meant is that God sealed their hearts and ears as a consequence of their decision to reject the fundamentals of faith, of their deliberate choice of a path divergent from that charted out by the Qur’an.

5 “Disease” here refers to the disease of hypocrisy. The statement that “Allah has intensified this disease” means that He does not punish the hypocrites immediately but allows them to indulge in their hypocrisy and exult in the success of their ruses. This feeling of success intensifies their hypocrisy.

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