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“Had this woman let him to himself, he would have revealed
the reality of his case.” 242
(3) General refutation from the Qur’aan on hearing of the
dead
Numerous stories in the books of the Deobandis claim that the
dead Sufis listen to those who visit their tombs. As, Moulana
Zakariyah says: “Allama Kamal Ibnul Humam, the author of
Fathul Qadeer once recited Soorah Hud at the graveside of Shaikh
Ibn Ata Iskandari. When he reached the ayah: “Among them are
unfortunate and fortunate ones.” The Shaikh’s voice came from
the qabr (grave) saying: “O Kamal, among us are no unfortunate
ones.”
The Qur’aan explains that the deceased cannot hear in the graves,
Allah says: “Verily, you cannot make the dead hear and you
cannot make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs
and retreat.” 243
In this verse, the disbelievers are referred to as dead and Allah
compares the dead and the disbelievers with regards to the
faculty of hearing. Even though, the living disbelievers can
physically hear, they are considered as deaf as the dead, who do
not hear at all. Thus, proving that the dead do not posses the
sense of hearing in the grave. Another such comparison is found
in Soorah Faatir (35): 22, where Allah says: “The living (believer)
and the dead (disbelievers) are not alike. Allah makes whoever
He wishes hear, but you cannot make those in the graves, hear.”
‘The living’ in this verse are the believers and ‘the dead’ are the
disbelievers. This verse again compares the disbelievers to those
in the graves, who are both similar. The disbelievers hear
physically, but do not listen to the truth. They are just like those
in the graves, who are at a higher level of deafness, and do not
hear at all. 244
242 Saheeh al-Bukharee (Eng. Trans.) vol.4, Hadeeth no. 290.
243 Soorah an-Naml (27): 80.
244 See Tafseer at-Tabaree, vol.21, p.36 and al-Qurtubi’s al-Jamee, vol.13,
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