Prophet Mūsā: Part 5 — The Calf, the Seventy and the Cow
Section 18 of 23 · Lives of the Prophets
Hearts Harder Than Stone
ثُمَّ قَسَتْ قُلُوبُكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَهِىَ كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ أَوْ أَشَدُّ قَسْوَةً ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنَ ٱلْحِجَارَةِ لَمَا يَتَفَجَّرُ مِنْهُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَشَّقَّقُ فَيَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ ٱلْمَآءُ ۚ وَإِنَّ مِنْهَا لَمَا يَهْبِطُ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
“When, even after that, your hearts were hardened, as if they were rocks, or still worse in hardness. For surely among the rocks there are some from which rivers gush forth, and there are others that crack open and water flows from them, and there are still others that fall down in fear of Allah. And Allah is not unaware of what you do.” (2:74)
But Allah (swt) says: then, after that, your hearts were hardened, and they are as hard as rocks, or even harder. Subḥān Allāh — a heart can be harder than rocks. And Allah (swt) says that there are some rocks — and indeed there are stones out of which rivers gush forth; and there are stones from which water flows; and there are stones that fall down for fear of Allah. And your hearts are even worse than stones. There are stones that can produce water; there are stones from which rivers can come out; there are stones that fall down out of the khashyah of Allah. And your hearts are stone: they produce nothing. They have no khashyah, no fear of Allah (swt).