Al-Baqarah 2:171

<h2>The Polytheist imitates Other Polytheists</h2><p>Allah states that if the disbelievers and polytheists are called to follow what Allah has revealed to His Messenger and abandon the practices of misguidance and ignorance that they indulge in, they will say, "Rather. We shall follow what we found our fathers following," meaning, worshipping the idols and the false deities. Allah criticized their reasoning:</p><p>أَوَلَوْ كَانَ ءَابَاؤُهُمْ</p><p>((Would they do that!) even though their fathers), meaning, those whom they follow and whose practices they imitate, and:</p><p>لاَ يَعْقِلُونَ شَيْئًا وَلاَ يَهْتَدُونَ</p><p>(...did not understand anything nor were they guided) meaning, they had no sound understanding or guidance. Ibn Ishaq reported that Ibn `Abbas said that this was revealed about a group of Jews whom Allah's Messenger ﷺ called to Islam, but they refused, saying, "Rather, we shall follow what we found our forefathers following." So Allah revealed this Ayah (2:170) above."</p><h2>The Disbeliever is just like an Animal</h2><p>Allah then made a parable of the disbelievers, just as He said in another Ayah:</p><p>لِلَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ مَثَلُ السَّوْءِ</p><p>(For those who believe not in the Hereafter is an evil description.) (16:60)</p><p>Similarly, Allah said here (2:171 above)</p><p>وَمَثَلُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ</p><p>(And the example of those who disbelieve...) meaning, in their injustice, misguidance and ignorance, …

The likeness of those who disbelieve (in relation to the messenger) is as the likeness of one who calleth unto that which heareth naught except a shout and cry. Deaf, dumb, blind, therefore they have no sense.

The 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 cries: Deaf, dumb, and blind, they are void of wisdom.

And the example of those who disbelieve, is as that of him who shouts to the (flock of sheep) that hears nothing but calls and cries. (They are) deaf, dumb and blind. So they do not understand.

The parable of those who disbelieve is that of someone who calls upon someone who hears nothing except screaming and yelling. Deaf, dumb, and blind—they do not understand.