Al-Yáziya 45:23 افرايت من اتخذ الاهه هواه واضله الله على علم وختم على سمعه وقلبه وجعل على بصره غشاوة فمن يهديه من بعد الله افلا تذكرون ٢٣
أَفَرَءَيۡتَ
مَنِ
ٱتَّخَذَ
إِلَٰهَهُۥ
هَوَىٰهُ
وَأَضَلَّهُ
ٱللَّهُ
عَلَىٰ
عِلۡمٖ
وَخَتَمَ
عَلَىٰ
سَمۡعِهِۦ
وَقَلۡبِهِۦ
وَجَعَلَ
عَلَىٰ
بَصَرِهِۦ
غِشَٰوَةٗ
فَمَن
يَهۡدِيهِ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
ٱللَّهِۚ
أَفَلَا
تَذَكَّرُونَ
٢٣
Have you seen ˹O Prophet˺ those who have taken their own desires as their god? ˹And so˺ Allah left them to stray knowingly, sealed their hearing and hearts, and placed a cover on their sight. Who then can guide them after Allah? Will you ˹all˺ not then be mindful?
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allāh has sent him astray due to knowledge1 and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allāh? Then will you not be reminded?
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Life and the Death of the Believers and the Disbelievers are not Equal
Allah the Exalted states here that the believers and the disbelievers are never equal. Allah said in another Ayah,
لاَ يَسْتَوِى أَصْحَبُ النَّارِ وَأَصْحَبُ الْجَنَّةِ أَصْحَبُ الْجَنَّةِ هُمُ الْفَآئِزُونَ
(Not equal are the
…The Life and the Death of the Believers and the Disbelievers are not Equal
Allah the Exalted states here that the believers and the disbelievers are ne
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