Allah Most High says:

“Among them are those who listen to you, but when they leave your presence, they say to those who have been given knowledge, ‘What did he just say?’ Those are the ones whose hearts Allah has sealed and who follow their own desires.” [Surah Muhammad 16]

He says:

“Among them are those who listen to you. But can you make the deaf hear, even though they do not understand?” [Surah Yūnus 42]

He says:

“Among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind, even though they do not see?” [Surah Yūnus 43]

Allah Most High says:

“Among them are those who listen to you, but We have placed coverings over their hearts lest they understand it, and deafness in their ears.” [Surah al-Anʿām 25]

The fourth point is that they do not approve of listening to every utterance in verse or prose. Rather, they are among those most averse to the words they dislike, whether in verse or prose. Their aversion to many kinds of speech is greater than their opponent’s aversion to the listening to whistling and clapping over which he disputes with them. Since it is agreed that an unrestricted meaning is not intended, interpreting the verse in that sense is invalid.

The fifth point is that He says:

“So give good tidings to My servants who listen to what is said and follow the best of it.” [Surah al-Zumar 17–18]

He thus praises them for listening to what is said and following the best of it.

It is well known that much speech contains nothing good, let alone anything better. Rather, some of it is as Allah Most High says:

“And the likeness of an evil word