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qul ʾa-raʾaytum ʾin ʾakhadha llāhu samʿakum wa-ʾabṣārakum wa-khatama ʿalā qulūbikum man ʾilāhun ghayru llāhi yaʾtīkum bihi nẓur kayfa nuṣarrifu l-ʾāyāti thumma hum yaṣdifūna
Say, ‘Tell me, should Allah take away your hearing and your sight and set a seal on your hearts, which god other than Allah can bring it [back] to you?’ Look, how We paraphrase the signs variously; nevertheless they turn away.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-‘An’am, Verse 46
46. "Say: 'Have you considered if Allah takes away your hearing and your eyesight and seals on your hearts, which god other than Allah can give it back to you?' See you, how We repeat the Signs, yet they turn away."
Do know the Bestower of Bounties
In this verse, the Qur'an addresses the pagans and, at first, it implies if Allah takes away His worthy blessings, such as your ears and your eyes, from you and sets a seal on your hearts so that you cannot realize between right and wrong and good and evil, which god, save Allah, is able to return these blessings to you? The verse says:
In fact, pagans believed this fact that the creator and the giver of sustenance is Allah, but they worshipped idols as the intercessors with Allah. Then, the Qur'an continues the statement and commands them to see how Allah stated the verses and reasons in different forms for them, but they still turn away from the Truth. It says: