They said: “Oh Hood! You haven’t brought us Clear Evidence, and we are not going to leave our deities upon your words, and we are not going to believe with you”.
Today, those who read the Arabic Quran but reject Adhikr have a worse mentality than the Jews, Christians, and Mecca Mushriks during the time of the Messenger. These true disbelievers and Mushriks, who are divided into different groups, do not accept the Straightpath—Adhikr—as explained in verses 4:150-151. Although they read verse 6:158, which states that belief in the Crucial Signs of Doomsday will not benefit those who did not believe in them earlier, they fail to use their intelligence.
These people, who are metaphorically deaf, dumb, and blind to Adhikr—the nourishment, clothing, and vision of the human soul—will be dragged into Hell, facing their punishment in a state of being deaf, dumb, and blind, as described in verses 2:17-18 and 170. See explanation 3:91; 6:124; and 7:131-132.