"And the example of those who disbelieve is like that of one who shouts at animals that hear nothing but calls and cries." Al-Hasan's interpretation: Like a shepherd calling out to his sheep; they raise their heads without knowing what he is saying, then lower them. Likewise, when they are called to guidance. "Deaf, dumb, and blind": deaf to the truth, so they do not hear it; dumb regarding it, so they do not speak it; blind to it, so they do not see it.

Muhammad said: It is said: na'aqa, yan'iqu, and na'aqa, yan'aqu, which are two variants.