Reconciling the statement of Allah the Exalted: “And they hear nothing therein” with His statement: “They heard its deep sigh”

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Combining His saying, the Exalted: “And they hear nothing therein” and His statement: “They heard its deep sigh”

How is it reconciled with the statement of Allah the Exalted:

For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لا يَسْمَعُونَ

[Surat al-Anbiya: 100] ,and His saying, the Exalted:

When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up.

إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقاً وَهِيَ تَفُورُ

[Surat al-Mulk: 7] ?The Shaykh: What is the difficulty?The questioner: How do we reconcile the two verses?The Shaykh: They do not hear the speech of people from outside it, but they hear its deep sigh—may Allah protect us from it.

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