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Think about something deeply, it's an intellectual thing.

But actually in the Qur'an, contemplating the Qur'an

is also a matter of the heart.

Afalayat adabbarun al-Kur'an am ala kulubin aqfaluha.

So with Muhammad, Allah says, don't they then contemplate the Qur'an,

think deeply about the Qur'an, or is it the case that their hearts

have locks placed on them?

Today's khubba is not about that ayah,

but I want to just share a quick comment about that ayah with you.

The hearts having locks already on them means many things.

And one of the things that it means is

someone has already made up their mind.

So if I already have an opinion, and I've already convinced

that my opinion is correct, I don't care what you have to say.

I don't even care what the Qur'an says.

This is what it is.

That means my heart is locked up, and I am not capable now

of contemplating the word of Allah humbling that perhaps my opinion

or the conclusion I had reached previously may be the wrong one.

And that can even happen within the scope of what I thought Allah says,

what I thought, the Prophet says, so Allah who I've said it.

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