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{ وَقَالُواْ قُلُوبُنَا فِيۤ أَكِنَّةٍ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَا إِلَيْهِ وَفِي آذانِنَا وَقْرٌ وَمِن بَيْنِنَا وَبَيْنِكَ حِجَابٌ فَٱعْمَلْ إِنَّنَا عَامِلُونَ }

And they say, ‘Our hearts are veiled against that to which you call us…’He said:That is, [veiled] with coverings of neglect (ihmāl), such that they inclined towards lust (shahwa) and desire (hawā), and could not comprehend the summoning (daʿwa) of God; ‘and in our ears, [the ears] which are in our hearts, there is a deafness’, that is, deafness to the good, so they do not hear the calls (hawātif) of God; ‘And between us and you is a partition’, that is, ‘a veil of desire and of [our] natural disposition (jibillat al-ṭabʿ), so we do not see you as others see you.’His words:

Tafsīr al-Tustarī, trans. Annabel Keeler and Ali Keeler
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