Quranalone-mukraf

Verse/note9:46 As regards God's "causing" those hypocrites to sin in this way, see 📍2:7 and the corresponding note , as well as surah🏕️ 3, note∆. . 📍2:7 God; has sealed their hearts and their hearing, and over their eyes is a veil;7 and awesome suffering awaits them. NOTE: 2:7 God; has sealed their hearts and their hearing, and over their eyes is a veil;* and awesome suffering awaits them. Note*-1 A reference to the natural law instituted by God, whereby a person who persistently adheres to false beliefs and refuses to listen to the voice of truth gradually loses the ability to perceive the truth, "so that finally, as it were, a seal is set upon his heart" (Raghib). Since it is God who has instituted all laws of nature -which, in their aggregate, are called sunnat Allah ("the way of God") -this "sealing" is attributed to Him: but it is obviously a consequence of man's free choice and not an act of "predestination". Similarly,...