Don't Let Your Intelligence Fail You

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate

In Surah Al Mulk, Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala mentions the punishments for those who are too blind to take heed of the miracles of creation and to ignore the Messengers of Allah. And when they are brought to the Fire of Hell, the Angels cannot believe the people end up in Hell. How could someone possibly end up in Hell? It is so obvious we should be worshipping Allah.

Everytime a company is thrown into Hell, the Angels ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?" They will say, "Yes, a warner has come to us but but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error." And they will say, if only they had listened and used their intelligence, they won't be among the companions of Hell and they will admit to their sins. We don't want to be in that camp.

Don't let your intelligence fail you. The intelligence that is praiseworthy is not in the high degrees, in the discovery of great technologies, and so on, though it is a good thing if used properly but the ultimate intelligence is an understanding of the purpose of life. This level of intelligence is accessible to every single human being. We don’t need high degrees to understand the purpose of life and what the Messengers have brought.

The people who ended up in Hell criticize themselves for not being smart enough to have followed the Messengers. If your intelligence does not guide you to the Truth of Allah, then your intelligence have failed you.

وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ ۖ وَبِئْسَ الْمَصِيرُ ﴿٦﴾ إِذَا أُلْقُوا فِيهَا سَمِعُوا لَهَا شَهِيقًا وَهِيَ تَفُورُ ﴿٧﴾ تَكَادُ تَمَيَّزُ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ ۖ كُلَّمَا أُلْقِيَ فِيهَا فَوْجٌ سَأَلَهُمْ خَزَنَتُهَا أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَذِيرٌ ﴿٨﴾ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَاءَنَا نَذِيرٌ فَكَذَّبْنَا وَقُلْنَا مَا نَزَّلَ اللَّـهُ مِن شَيْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَالٍ كَبِيرٍ ﴿٩﴾ وَقَالُوا لَوْ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَوْ نَعْقِلُ مَا كُنَّا فِي أَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ ﴿١٠﴾ فَاعْتَرَفُوا بِذَنبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِّأَصْحَابِ السَّعِيرِ ﴿١١﴾

And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination. (6) When they are thrown into it, they hear from it a [dreadful] inhaling while it boils up. (7) It almost bursts with rage. Every time a company is thrown into it, its keepers ask them, "Did there not come to you a warner?" (8) They will say," Yes, a warner had come to us, but we denied and said, 'Allah has not sent down anything. You are not but in great error.'" (9) And they will say, "If only we had been listening or reasoning, we would not be among the companions of the Blaze." (10) And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze. (11)

May Allah protect us from being deaf, dumb and blind and grant us His Light and save us from Hellfire. Aameen.

Allahumma salli 'ala Muhammad wa 'ala aalihi wa sahbihi wasallam.

And Allah knows best and is Most Wise, and He alone grants success, and to Him is the final return of all.

Wassalaam