Dead can Hear
Understanding Quran
wahabis they deceive by quoting only small parts of verses (i.e. not the complete verse). And secondly, they misinterpret it in order to prove their point.
Let us see the complete verses of Fatir and Namal, and their preceding and proceeding verses in order to understand them better.
After that, Insha-Allah, we would be able to completely understand the Salafis/Wahabis deception.
Interpretation of the meaning of Fatir 35:22
22. And equal are not the living and the dead. Undoubtedly, Allah causes him to hear whom He pleases; and you are not to make those who are lying in their graves to hear.
The word "Hear" in the above verse is figurative (Majaaz) and has been used by Allah in sense of making people to accept the message of Allah/ making people Hear the message of Allah/ making people to listen to the message of Allah/ making people paying heed to message of Allah/ Guiding people to the message of Allah.(not literal or scientifically receiving Audio Signals )
If you read the preceding and proceeding verses then you can conclude that Allah is saying to Rasool Allah [sallallahoalaihiwasallam] that his duty is only to convey the message of Allah to the Kuffar [ 35:23. You are but a warner.] But it is not his duty to compel the people to accept/ Hear/ Listen to it.
BECAUSE IT IS ONLY ALLAH WHO MAKE IT TO ACCEPT (HEAR) IT (to whom he pleases with).
Just look at first part of Ayah in which Allah says:
Undoubtedly, Allah causes him to hear whom He pleases;
This part of verse means that Allah make those people to accept/ hear/ guide to his message whom he pleases with.
Just imagine, you can go to every Kaffir and start speaking with him and let him Hear your voice. But then what is the meaning of these words of Allah that
Undoubtedly, Allah causes him to hear whom He pleases;
If the claim of the Salafies/Wahabis is true that Hear has been used here in literal/real meanings , then there comes a contradiction. On one side Allah is saying that only those can Hear whom he pleases with, but here you are letting all those Kuffar Hear your voice whom you will.
The meaning of verse is crystal clear. Allah says that only the Living persons have a choice of either Accepting or Rejecting the message of Allah.The people of grave (i.e. the dead) have already lost their chance of accepting the message of Allah.
It is too late for them and Allah is not going to give them any more chance of making a selection (i.e. either Accepting it or Rejecting it).
Allah says to Muhammad [sallallahoakihiwasallam] that the same is the case with the Kuffar (i.e. like the dead). They are so strong in their Kufr, that Allah has put a seal at their hearts and they have also been deprived of right of accepting the Message of Allah like the dead in their graves.
So Allah Says to Muhammad [sallallahoakihiwasallam] that he should not loose his heart when such Kuffar do not Hear/ Listen/ get guidance to the message of Allah. It is because they have lost the right of choice as the dead have lost it. But it is Only Allah who Guides those, the right path whom He Pleases with. Allah says in Quran:
Surah No.28 Al Qasas Verse no 56
56. Undoubtedly, this is not that you may guide whomsoever you like on your own accord, yes, Allah guides whomsoever He will. And He knows well who are the guided.
This fact has also been established by these verses of the Holy Quran in which Allah Says:
Surah No 30 Al Rum Verse No 53
53. And nor you guide the blind from their error. You make only those to hear who believe in Our signs and they have already surrendered.
This verse is very important. Please look at these words of Allah: And nor you guide the blind from their error
If we follow the literal way of Salafies/Wahabis, then we have to declare that all the blind people should never be guided towards Haq.
And the next part of this verse makes it beyond any doubt what Allah wants to say from Hearing in Spiritual sense:
You make only those to hear who believe in Our signs and they have already surrendered.
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If someone still denies use of these allegorical and figurative expressions in Quran, then most surely he has erred.
And this figurative use of "Hear" becomes also clear from the following verse where He Says:
And of His signs is your sleeping by night and day and your seeking of His bounty. No doubt, in it are signs for those who hear.
Do the Salafies/wahabis still think that Hear has been used by Allah here in it's Literal/ Real meaning and there is no Majaz (figurative expression) in Quran?
According to our low knowledge, almost in all the languages there is a figurative use of word "Hear". e.g.
When my younger brother sometimes do not obey the orders of my mother, then my mother complains to my father in the following words:
In English: Please you (my father) tell him (my younger brother) to do so and so. He does not Hear/listen to me.
1. In German: Bitte sag du es mal zu ihm um das und das zu tun. Er H֒T auf mich nicht.
2. In Pashtu: Tasu aghey ta owaey che zama khabara de wouri
3. In Urdu: Aap hi uss ko bolain keh wo yeh aur yeh kar lay. Meri baat to wo SUNTA nahi hai.
4. In Russian: ... on "Slushet" mene neith...
and in many more languages.
Ulemas views on that verse
Fatwa of Imam Suyuti Rehmatullah taala alaih on the above Two Verses, which the Salafies/Wahabis quote about Dead
Imam Suyuti says in his Al-hawi lil Fatawa, vol. 2 p. 169-175:
"It is an Allegorical statement (an-Nafi Ja'a ala m'ana al -Majaz). The Real meaning of this is that "They cannot listen to Guidance (Ma'naha Sama' Huda) i.e. they are dead and cannot be guided anymore."
But unfortunately, the Salafies/Wahabis still believe that there is no Majaaz in the Quran and it is whole Literal.
Interpretation of the meaning of An-Namal 27:80
The Salafies/Wahabis also quote/ misquote the verse 27:80 in order to prove their point (i.e. dead cannot hear). They quote only the part of this verse as under:
Surah Nmal No 27 Verse No 80
80. Undoubtedly you can not make the dead hear, and nor you can make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn showing their backs.
Again the Salafies/Wahabis are quoting only a part of complete verse and secondly, taking the literal meanings.
I strongly suggest Readers to read the whole verse with some preceding and proceeding verses in order to get the better understanding of what Allah is saying.
Let me give this full verse with proceeding verse and explanatory comments in the parenthesis.
Quran explainig itself
80. Undoubtedly you can not make the dead hear(guide them to the messag of Allah), and nor you can make the deaf (ie the Kuffar) to hear the call (ie To get to the Guidance), when they turn showing their backs [i.e. when these kuffar are even not ready to pay attention to the signs of Allah. But if these Kuffar ( Deaf ) pay attention in Signs of Allah then Allah will cause them to Hear (i.e. guide them to) his message].
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81. And you can not guide the blind (ie the kuffar) from their error You can make only those to hear who believe in Our signs and they are Muslims.
See here
If Deaf is to be translated literally
and nor you can make the deaf to hear the call, when they turn showing their backs
does this mean when a Deaf is Facing u NOT turning back he is no longer Deaf ????
But if these Kuffar ( Deaf ) pay attention in Signs of Allah then Allah will cause them to Hear
now if a person is DEAF , biologically how can he pay attention to a call !!!!
It is indeed sad that the Salafies/wahabis deceive the normal people by playing and misquoting the words of Allah.