Surah 6:49
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قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَخَذَ ٱللَّهُ سَمۡعَكُمۡ وَأَبۡصَٰرَكُمۡ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِكُم مَّنۡ إِلَٰهٌ غَيۡرُ ٱللَّهِ يَأۡتِيكُم بِهِۗ ٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ نُصَرِّفُ ٱلۡأٓيَٰتِ ثُمَّ هُمۡ يَصۡدِفُونَ
Say: ‘Do you see? If God takes away your hearing and your sight, and sets a seal on your hearts, who is a god other than God to bring it (back) to you?’ See how We vary the signs? Then they (still) turn away.
قُلۡ أَرَءَيۡتَكُمۡ إِنۡ أَتَىٰكُمۡ عَذَابُ ٱللَّهِ بَغۡتَةً أَوۡ جَهۡرَةً هَلۡ يُهۡلَكُ إِلَّا ٱلۡقَوۡمُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ
Say: ‘Do you see yourselves? If the punishment of God comes upon you, unexpectedly or openly, will any be destroyed but the people who are evildoers?’
وَمَا نُرۡسِلُ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَۖ فَمَنۡ ءَامَنَ وَأَصۡلَحَ فَلَا خَوۡفٌ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ يَحۡزَنُونَ
We send the envoys only as bringers of good news and warners. Whoever believes and sets (things) right – (there will be) no fear on them, nor will they sorrow.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَمَسُّهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ
But those who call Our signs a lie – the punishment will touch them because they were acting wickedly.
Allah said to His Messenger, say, O Muhammad to those rebellious liars,
just as He gave these senses to you. In another Ayah, Allah said;
The Ayah above might also mean that Allah will not allow the disbelievers to benefit from these senses in religious terms. This is why He said next,
{and sealed up your hearts ,} He also said in other Ayat,
{Or who owns hearing and sight?}, and,
Allah said;
Meaning, is there anyone except Allah who is able to give you back these senses if Allah took them from you? Only Allah is able to do so, and this is why He said here,
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meaning, whoever believes in his heart with what the Messengers were sent with and makes his works righteous by imitating them;
{upon such shall come no fear,} concerning the future,
about what they missed in the past and left behind them in this world. Certainly, Allah will be the Wali and Protector over what they left behind. Allah said next,
The torment will strike them because of disbelieving in the Message of the Messengers, defying Allah’s commands, committing what He prohibited and transgressing His set limits.