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wa-law ʿalima llāhu fīhim khayran la-ʾasmaʿahum wa-law ʾasmaʿahum la-tawallaw wa-hum muʿriḍūna
Had Allah known any good in them, He would have surely made them hear, and were He to make them hear, surely they would turn away, being disregardful.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Anfal – Verse 23
23 . “And if Allah had known any good in them, He would have made them hear; and (even) if He had made them hear, they would have turned away, swerving aside.”
Obstinate persons are divided into several groups. Some of them are not ready even to listen to the truth. The revelation about them is recited:
Some of these obstinate persons listen and understand it, but they distort it. Some others have not the ability of discrimination because of their innate extra attachments, envies, enmities and callous nesses. The verse says:
Therefore, we must seek for the facilities of enjoying of Allah's grace in ourselves.