171 Preface وَمَثَلُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا كَمَثَلِ الَّذي يَنعِقُ بِما لا يَسمَعُ إِلّا دُعاءً وَنِداءً ۚ صُمٌّ بُكمٌ عُميٌ فَهُم لا يَعقِلونَYusuf AliThe parable of those who reject Faith is as if one were to shout Like a goat-herd, to things that listen to nothing but calls and cries1: Deaf, dumb, and blind2, they are void of wisdom.If you reject all faith, the highest wisdom and the most salutary regulations are lost on you. You are like “dumb driven cattle” who can merely hear calls, but cannot distinguish intelligently between shades of meaning or subtle differences of values.Cf. 2:18, where we are told that the rejectors of faith are “deaf, dumb and blind: they will not return to the path.” Here the consequence of their not using their senses is that they have no wisdom. In each context there is just the appropriate deduction.