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Fleeing Donkeys

January 24, 2013

Do you know to what the Lord of the Worlds likens those who turn away from the Qur`ān? Donkeys. Fleeing donkeys.   [Then what is the matter with them that they are, from the Reminder (the Qur`ān), turning away As if they were alarmed donkeys Fleeing from a lion.] Muddathir:49-51 Al-Qurṭubī, a commentator of Tafsīr explains that there are two ways in which a person turns away from the Qur`ān: 1. by denying it outright. 2. By not acting according…

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