A Brief Description of Islam as the Shi'ites Believe

"And he who was blind in this world, will be blind in the hereafter (next world), and most astray from the path.(of salvation)

THE HOLY QURAN _ S17: 72

We are sure enough that blind in this verse does not mean, sightless. It rather means some one who has lost his sense of understanding and judgement, and not him who has lost his sense of vision. This is because there is many a blind one, who is virtuous and truthful, and on the contrary, there are many who can see well with their eyes, but who are out of mind and their hearts are locked up and cannot use even their common sense! As another example we may consider the following verse about the enemies of Islam:_

"The parable of those who reject faith is that of a man (i.e. the prophet) who calls an animal that can hear nothing except a shout or cry. DEAF, dumb and blind are they, and void of wisdom. (they understand nothing)

THE HOLY QURAN _ S2: 171

It is evident that those heretics, who are addressed here, were not deaf, dumb or blind. We then may conclude that they were mentally such. Therefore when we read in Qur'an such verses that:_

"The HANDS of God are widely out stretched.

THE HOLY QURAN S5: 67

OR

"O,NOAH! construct the ark under OUR EYES."