Surah Furqan ayat 44 Tafsir Quran 25:44

﴿أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ۚ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعَامِ ۖ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا﴾
[ الفرقان: 44]

25:44 Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.

Or do you suppose that most of them listen listening so as to understand or comprehend? what you say to them? They are but as the cattle — nay but they are further astray from the way further from these cattle upon the path of misguidance for at least they cattle yield to the person who looks after them whereas these disbelievers do not obey their Master Who is gracious to them.

Or do you think that most of them open their hearts ears or their minds eyes! they are like cattle, in fact even worse, for the only path they see is that leading to the loss in the maze of errors

How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him.
This is like the Ayah, وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً ( And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery ) ( 21:36 ), which means that they tried to find faults and shortcomings in him.
Here Allah says: وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً ( And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying ): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger") i.e., they said this by way of belittling and trying to undermine him, so Allah put them in their place, and said: وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ( And indeed Messengers before you were mocked at ) ( 6:10 ) إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا ( He would have nearly misled us from our gods, ) They meant: `he nearly turned us away from worshipping idols, and he would have done so, had we not been patient and persevered in our ways.' So Allah said, warning and threatening them: وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ ( And they will know, when they see the torment... ) They took Their Desires as their gods and were more astray than Cattle Then Allah tells His Prophet that if Allah decrees that someone will be misguided and wretched, then no one can guide him except Allah, glory be to Him: أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـهَهُ هَوَاهُ ( Have you seen him who has taken as his god his own vain desire ) meaning, whatever he admires and sees as good in his own desires becomes his religion and his way.
As Allah says: أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ ( Is he then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair seeming.
So that he consider it as good.
Verily, Allah sends astray whom he wills. ) 35:8 أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلاً ( Would you then be a guardian over him ) Ibn `Abbas said: "During the Jahiliyyah, a man would worship a white rock for a while, then if he saw another that looked better, he would worship that and leave the first." Then Allah said: أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ( Or do you think that most of them hear or understand ) meaning, they are worse than grazing cattle.
Cattle only do what they were created to do, but these people were created to worship Allah Alone without associating partners with Him, but they worship others with Him, even though evidence has been established against them and Messengers have been sent to them.

(25:44) Do you think that most of them hear or understand ? They are only like the cattle; nay, even worse than the cattle. *57

Or do you think that most of meaning

*57) " They are only like the cattle " because they follow their lusts blindly.
Just as the sheep and cattle do not know where their driver is taking them, to the meadow or to the slaughter house, so are these people also following their leaders blindly without knowing or judging where they are being led-to success or to destruction..
The only difference between the two is that the cattle have no intelligence and will not be accountable as to the place where they are being taken by the driver.
But it is a pity that human beings who are endowed with reason, should behave like cattle; therefore their condition is worse than that of cattle.

Incidentally it should be noted that this passage ( w .
43, 44 ) is not meant to dissuade the Holy Prophet from conveying the Message to such people, but it is an indirect warning to the disbelievers of the consequences if they continued to behave like cattle .

 

How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him.
This is like the Ayah, وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً ( And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery ) ( 21:36 ), which means that they tried to find faults and shortcomings in him.
Here Allah says: وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً ( And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying ): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger") i.e., they said this by way of belittling and trying to undermine him, so Allah put them in their place, and said: وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ ( And indeed Messengers before you were mocked at ) ( 6:10 ) إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا ( He would have nearly misled us from our gods, ) They meant: `he nearly turned us away from worshipping idols, and he would have done so, had we not been patient and persevered in our ways.' So Allah said, warning and threatening them: وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ ( And they will know, when they see the torment... ) They took Their Desires as their gods and were more astray than Cattle Then Allah tells His Prophet that if Allah decrees that someone will be misguided and wretched, then no one can guide him except Allah, glory be to Him: أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـهَهُ هَوَاهُ ( Have you seen him who has taken as his god his own vain desire ) meaning, whatever he admires and sees as good in his own desires becomes his religion and his way.
As Allah says: أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءَ عَمَلِهِ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ ( Is he then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made fair seeming.
So that he consider it as good.
Verily, Allah sends astray whom he wills. ) 35:8 أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلاً ( Would you then be a guardian over him ) Ibn `Abbas said: "During the Jahiliyyah, a man would worship a white rock for a while, then if he saw another that looked better, he would worship that and leave the first." Then Allah said: أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ ( Or do you think that most of them hear or understand ) meaning, they are worse than grazing cattle.
Cattle only do what they were created to do, but these people were created to worship Allah Alone without associating partners with Him, but they worship others with Him, even though evidence has been established against them and Messengers have been sent to them.

( Or deemest thou ) O Muhammad ( that most of them hear ) the Truth ( or understand ) such Truth when they listen to your words? ( They are ) in relation to understanding the Truth ( but as the cattle ) which know nothing but eating and drinking; they are with regard to the Truth like this, ( nay, but they are farther astray ) from proof and Religion! Because the cattle have no ability to understand proofs.

Or do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are only like cattle; nay, they are even farther astray from the Path. (i.e. even worst than cattle).

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