Surah Al-Mulk 67:10
سُورَةُ المُلۡكِ · Meccan · Verse 10 of 30
وَقَالُوا۟ لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ
Translation
They will say, ‘If only we had listened, or reasoned, we would not be with the inhabitants of the blazing fire,’ and
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Meaning and reflection
'They will say: Had we only listened or used reason, we would not be among the people of the Fire.' al-Biqa'i notes they name exactly two faculties, listening (that actually receives the truth) and reasoning (that actually weighs it), because these are the two gates through which guidance enters a responsible soul. They possessed both, and used neither for what mattered. Ask yourself: I 'hear' constantly and 'think' constantly, but this verse means something sharper: hearing that lets truth land, and reasoning that follows it where it leads. On the questions that decide my life, am I really listening and really thinking, or just processing noise and calling it thought?
Grounded in classical tafsir: al-Biqa'i, al-Razi, Ibn Kathir.
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