853 Their falsity was not due to want of knowledge, but to perversity and selfishness. In their hearts was a disease (
2:10 ): therefore neither their understanding, nor their ears, nor their eyes do their proper work. They twist what they see, hear, or are taught, and go deeper and deeper into the mire. The deceptions which they used to practise on other people will, before the Seat of Judgement, become clear in their own eyes ( Cf.
26:97 and
35:37)