۞ إِنَّ شَرَّ ٱلدَّوَآبِّ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلْبُكْمُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ
Inna sharrad dawaaabbi 'indal laahis summul bukmul lazeena laa ya'qiloon
Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.
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8:22Ayah 175
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Surely the worst of beasts in God’s sight are those who are deaf to hearing the truth and dumb unable to utter it those who do not understand.
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Regarding the Verse: "Verily! The worst of beasts in the Sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb----
those who understand not." (8.22)
(The people referred to here) were some persons from the tribe of Bani `Abd-Addar.
"Indeed among the worst of people to Allah, on the Day of Judgment, is the two faced person."
The most wretched person in the sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection and the worst person and target of His wrath would of the person who is called Malik al-Amlak (the King of Kings) for there is no king but Allah.
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying; (It will be) from among the most wicked people who
will be living at the time when the Hour will be established."
"(The Khawarij) are the worst of the slain who are killed under heaven, and the best of the slain are those who were killed by them. Those (Khawarij) are the dogs of Hell. Those people were Muslims but they became disbelievers." I said: "O Abu Umamah, is that your opinion?" He said: "Rather I heard it from the Messenger of Allah."
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