Surat Al A`raf: (178-179)

{مَن يَهْدِ اللّهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِي وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ} [الأعراف: 178]

178- Whomever Allah guides to the Straight path, facilitated for him the way of guidance, and guided him to righteous actions is the true guided person, whereas whom Allah misguides and fails shall be wretched.

Allah is wise in all His Actions, so He does not oppress anyone and does not force them to be believers or disbelievers, but guides those who strive hard to reach guidance "As for those who strive hard in Us (Our Cause), We will surely guide them to Our Paths (i.e., Allah's Religion - Islamic Monotheism." [Surat Al `Ankabut: 69] and He misguides those who seek falsehood.

{وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيراً مِّنَ الْجِنِّ وَالإِنسِ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لاَّ يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لاَّ يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لاَّ يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا أُوْلَـئِكَ كَالأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ أُوْلَـئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ} [الأعراف: 179]

179- Indeed, We created and prepared for Hell-Fire many jinns and humans who have insisted on disbelief and error and who denied the truth despite its clarity. They had hearts which they did not use to know goodness and guidance or understand the signs of faith. They have eyes which they did not use to see the universal laws of Allah or to know the Creator of physical signs. They have ears which they did not use to hear the words of Allah, His Admonitions, or His Warnings which He revealed to His Servants in His Glorious Book. Those are like animals because they disabled their senses which Allah granted them without using them in their real functions, so they have become like animals which do not understand. They are even worse than animals because animals can distinguish many harmful and beneficial things, so they do not approach harmful things, but those disbelievers have neglected the things that can reform their world and rescue them from the punishment of Allah in the Hereafter.