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wa-minhum man yanẓuru ʾilayka ʾa-fa-ʾanta tahdī l-ʿumya wa-law kānū lā yubṣirūna
There are some of them who observe you. But can you guide the blind even if they do not perceive?
— Ali Quli Qarai
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Surah Yunus – Verse 43
43. “And some of them look at you, but can you guide the blind even though they will not see (inwardly)?”
Not all kinds of observation always take place with insight and not every observer is attracted by the truth. Even the prophets could not affect those who were blind-hearted. That is why the Qur’an inquires whether he wish to be able to guide a blind man who is not only blind but also is lacking in insight; in addition to his blindness. The verse says:
“And some of them look at you, but can you guide the blind even though they will not see (inwardly)?”
The objective of this question is that such people lack wisdom and insight like the deaf and the blind from the point of view of their obstinacy in accepting the truth and adhering to it.