Quran 25:43 — Al-Furqaan, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Think [Prophet] of the man who has taken his own passion as a god: are you to be his guardian?
أَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ أَفَأَنْتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا
ara-ayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afa-anta takūnu ʿalayhi wakīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou seen him who has taken his caprice to be his god? Wilt thou be a guardian over them?
- Muhammad Asad
- Hast thou ever considered [the kind of man] who makes his own desires his deity? Couldst thou, then, [O Prophet,] be held responsible for him?
- Sahih International
- Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَرَءَيْتَara-ayta | Have you seen | رأي |
| 2 | مَنِmani | (one) who | — |
| 3 | ٱتَّخَذَittakhadha | takes | أخذ |
| 4 | إِلَـٰهَهُۥilāhahu | (as) his god | أله |
| 5 | هَوَىٰهُhawāhu | his own desire | هوي |
| 6 | أَفَأَنتَafa-anta | Then would you | — |
| 7 | تَكُونُtakūnu | be | كون |
| 8 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | over him | — |
| 9 | وَكِيلًاwakīlan | a guardian | وكل |