O’ People! There is nothing within your power. All you have is dependency, be it in your existence, or in your qualities – in every aspect you are dependant. Only Allah^-SWT is Independent. He^-SWT neither needs you, nor anyone else. Rather it is He^-SWT Who is so Absolute that all Praise befits only Him^-SWT . Then how come you opt for the path of ingratitude and denial of such a Magnificent Rabb^-SWT , Independent and Potent, Who^-SWT can destroy you in a split second and can raise a new creation instead? This indeed is not difficult for Him^-SWT ! It is only by His^-SWT Grace that respite is given to you despite your disobedience, which does not mean that you be spared accountability in the Aakhirah. Rather that moment will be so austere and the accountability so meticulous that everyone will be engrossed in his own troubles, totally oblivious of the other. No disobedient shall share the burden of another even if closely related. If a father calls out his son to share his burden, the latter will flatly refuse to do so. It is then that they will become aware of the sequel of disobedience.

So O’ Prophet^-SW! Do not be dismayed at their defiance as your words and warnings about the perils in the Aakhirah benefit only those who believe in Allah^-SWT unseen, seek His^-SWT Pleasure and worship Him^-SWT . This, however, is no favour to you^-SW, for whoever practises virtue and exerts on the right path shall himself avail reward. The ensuing purification of soul shall ensure his own success in the Exalted Court of Allah^-SWT , where eventually everyone has to return. A believer is a person who can behold because of his faith, while infidelity is pure blindness. So there is no similarity between the two when it comes to beholding the splendour and the grace of the Holy Prophet^-SW. An infidel is completely surrounded by the darkness of disbelief whereas a believer, enlightened by the light of faith, becomes an embodiment of light. A believer is a cool shade whereas an infidel is like the scorching heat of the sun, the former is alive, and his Qalb is alive, while the latter despite being physically alive, is in fact a living corpse, as his Qalb is void of the Divine Lights. However, if Allah^-SWT wishes He^-SWT may give life to a dead Qalb, this being very much within His^-SWT Powers. But He^-SWT has decreed to quicken the hearts of only those who desire it. How can the message of the Holy Prophet^-SW be audible to these dead Quloob in the first place? An Arab poet aptly comments that the physical bodies of the non-believers are indeed graves before they are actually entombed, as they bear lifeless Quloob.

These Aayaat put forward the similitude of the believers and the non-believers are the living and the dead respectively. The matter of hearing by the dead is not under discussion here, but the hearing which is also beneficial to the listener is being referred. The question whether the dead can hear is a separate issue. It is the exalted mission of the Holy Prophet^-SW to forewarn mankind of the dire consequences and effects of disobedience to follow in the Aakhirah. This indeed is a great Divine Favour.

O’ Prophet^-SW! Undoubtedly, We^-SWT have raised you^-SW with the Truth, conferring upon you^-SW this magnificent office, so that you^-SW may convey the good news of rewards on faith and piety, and warn of the punishment on evil and infidelity. Allah^-SWT , out of His^-SWT Munificence, has been raising Prophets^-AS amongst every nation through time. So if today someone denies you^-SW, just as there is nothing new about your^-SW raising, so is it with their denial. In fact the preceding Prophet^-AS also faced similar circumstances though they were raised with clear signs, miracles and Scriptures. But this denial did not, by any means, cause any harm to them. On the contrary, the deniers were seized by Allah^-SWT’s Wrath as an admonition for the rest of the mankind with reference to the severity of His^-SWT punishment.