While reading the Qur’an I came across a verse that reminded me of something Paul wrote, the verse in the Qur’an read:
We have put covers over their hearts, so they cannot understand the Qur’an, and We have put heaviness in their ears: although you call them to guidance they will never accept it. Sura 18:57b
The passage by Paul I was reminded of is:
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Romans 11:25
When reading this I get the feeling that Paul is responding to the obvious question raised by his audience: “why did the majority of the Jewish people reject Jesus as the Messiah?” or something like “if its so evident that he is the Messiah, what happened to the endorsement?”
The Qur’an also seems to respond to a similar question, “if the Qur’an is the clear revelation from God then why do many people not accept it?”
But why is it answered in this way particular way? Why is it ascribed to God’s plan?
Im thinking a reason could be that a large part of the people that were rejecting it werent irrational or stubborn and that in some way that had to be accounted for to the respective audiences.
Thus by ascribing their rejection to part of the plan of God, the incomprehensible irrationality on the part of the people is solved, and the people no longer have to be considered deliberately stubborn.
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