Both parties know exactly what the speaker means, and the speaker knows the listener knows that the speaker knows that the listener knows, etc., etc.

So this particular device is called the Gut Listener.

So O listener! Which favour of your Lord will you doubt?

So O listener! Which favour of your Lord will you doubt?

I like to believe it was because I was a good listener.

The solution, I think, is that we use language at two levels the literal form signals the safest relationship with the listener, whereas the implicated content the reading between the lines that we count on the listener to perform allows the listener to derive the interpretation which is most relevant in context, which possibly initiates a changed relationship.

Have they a stairway whereby they overhear? Then let their listener bring an authority manifest.

Have they a stairway whereby they overhear? Then let their listener bring an authority manifest.

Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.

Or have they the means by which they listen? Then let their listener bring a clear authority.

I've always just as a listener, as just a fan I listen to that, and I'm just astounded.

O listener, do not set up another God with Allah, for you will then remain seated condemned, helpless.

O listener, do not set up another God with Allah, for you will then remain seated condemned, helpless.

O listener (followers of this Prophet)! Do not ever be deceived by the disbelievers free movements in the cities.

O listener (followers of this Prophet)! Do not ever be deceived by the disbelievers free movements in the cities.

O listener! (followers of this Prophet) This is the Truth from your Lord, so never be of those who doubt.

And O listener! If the devil provokes you, seek the refuge of Allah indeed He is All Hearing, All Knowing.

O listener! (followers of this Prophet) This is the Truth from your Lord, so never be of those who doubt.

And O listener! If the devil provokes you, seek the refuge of Allah indeed He is All Hearing, All Knowing.

Or do they have a stairway by means of which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear proof.

Or do they have a stairway by means of which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear proof.

Or have they a stairway into the heaven upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.

Or have they a stairway into the heaven upon which they listen? Then let their listener produce a clear authority.

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!

Or have they any stairway (unto heaven) by means of which they overhear (decrees). Then let their listener produce some warrant manifest!

All praise is to Allah Who gave me Ismail and Ishaq, in my old age indeed my Lord is the Listener of Prayer.

All praise is to Allah Who gave me Ismail and Ishaq, in my old age indeed my Lord is the Listener of Prayer.

In my theory, language evolves in such a way that sounds match, correspond with, the subjective, with the personal, intuitive experience of the listener.

And O listener! If a distracting thought from the devil reaches you, seek the refuge of Allah indeed He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.

And O listener! If a distracting thought from the devil reaches you, seek the refuge of Allah indeed He is the All Hearing, the All Knowing.

And do not allow your oaths in God's name to hinder you from virtue, and righteousness, and making peace between people. God is Listener and Knower.

And do not allow your oaths in God's name to hinder you from virtue, and righteousness, and making peace between people. God is Listener and Knower.

Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.

Or have they a stairway (to heaven), by means of which they listen (to the talks of the angels)? Then let their listener produce some manifest proof.

We're getting a lot of interest from government. Ed Miliband, the energy minister of this country, was invited to come to our recent conference as a keynote listener.

It is here that Zakaria prayed to his Lord he said, My Lord! Give me from Yourself a righteous child indeed You only are the Listener Of Prayer.

It is here that Zakaria prayed to his Lord he said, My Lord! Give me from Yourself a righteous child indeed You only are the Listener Of Prayer.

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

Or have they a ladder, by which they can (climb up to heaven and) listen (to its secrets)? Then let (such a) listener of theirs produce a manifest proof.

And it was indeed revealed to you and to those before you that, O listener! If you ascribe a partner to Allah, all your deeds will go to waste and you will surely be a loser.

And it was indeed revealed to you and to those before you that, O listener! If you ascribe a partner to Allah, all your deeds will go to waste and you will surely be a loser.

Glory to Him who journeyed His servant by night, from the Sacred Mosque, to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We have blessed, in order to show him of Our wonders. He is the Listener, the Beholder.

Glory to Him who journeyed His servant by night, from the Sacred Mosque, to the Farthest Mosque, whose precincts We have blessed, in order to show him of Our wonders. He is the Listener, the Beholder.

And O listener, (followers of the Prophet) most of the people on earth are such that were you to obey them, they would mislead you from Allah s way they follow only assumptions and they only make guesses.

So O listener (followers of this Prophet), do not fall into doubt by what these disbelievers worship they only worship just as their forefathers worshipped before and indeed we shall pay them their due in full, undiminished.