Muhammad p.b.u.h. : Events In The Life

Sense of Hearing

"So We sealed their ears [with sleep] in the cave for a number of years."
(Qur'an, 18:11)

The original Arabic of the phrase "We sealed their ears" in the Qur'an is the verb daraba. This bears the
metaphorical meaning of "We have made them sleep." Used in reference to the ears, daraba means "preventing
the ears from hearing." The fact that only the sense of hearing is mentioned here is very significant.

According to recent scientific discoveries, the ear is the only sensory organ active while a person is sleeping.
This is why we need an alarm clock to wake up. The wisdom of the phrase "We sealed their ears" is, in all
probability, that Allah closed the hearing of the young people in question, for which reason they remained asleep
for many years.

Middle East Quiz

1. Which country in the Middle East refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and bars international
inspections?

2. Which country in the Middle East seized the sovereign territory of other nations by military force and continues
to occupy it in defiance of United Nations Security Council resolutions?

3. Which country in the Middle East routinely violates the international borders of another sovereign state with
warplanes and artillery and naval gunfire?

4. What American ally in the Middle East has for years sent assassins into other countries to kill its political
enemies (a practice sometimes called exporting terrorism)?

5. In which country in the Middle East have high-ranking military officers admitted publicly that unarmed prisoners
of war were executed?

6. What country in the Middle East refuses to prosecute its soldiers who have acknowledged executing prisoners
of war?

7. What country in the Middle East created 762,000 refugees and refuses to allow them to return to their homes,
farms and businesses?

8. What country on planet earth has the second most powerful lobby in the United States, according to a recent
Fortune magazine survey of Washington insiders?

9. Which country in the Middle East is in defiance of 69 United Nations Security Council resolutions and has been
protected from 29 more by U.S. vetoes?