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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {And they are heedless of their supplication}

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Question:
His saying:
and they, of their invocation, are unaware.وَهُمْ عَنْ دُعَائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ
[Al-Ahqaf: 5] indicates that the dead do not hear?

Answer:
Yes, they do not hear; the verse is explicit:
If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplicationإِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ
[Fatir: 14].
Source binbaz.org.sa

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