Surah al-Jathiyah (Kneeling ) 45 : 23

أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allāh has sent him astray due to knowledge 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?

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Explanatory Note

The surah then refers to desire, which is by nature changing and fleeting. Yet some people make of desire a deity and thus they are unable to recognize true guidance.

The inimitable Qur'anic style draws here an extraordinary image of the human soul when it abandons the basic and permanent rule of truth in order to follow fleeting desires, making of them a deity from which concepts, rules, feelings and actions are derived. In this way does man submit to desire and obey its dictates. This extraordinary situation is painted in a tone that invites strong censure.

"Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire" Such an example should be carefully considered. A person of this ilk deserves to be abandoned by God so that he goes even further astray: no light of guidance will be given to him by Divine mercy. After all, he has left no room in his heart for such guidance when he worships his own desires.

"So who will guide him after Allah?" All guidance comes from God. No one can provide anyone with guidance or error, not even His chosen messengers. It is all determined by God alone. When a person takes heed, he will break the chains of desire and return to the straight path of truth. No one who treads this path will ever go astray.

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The period of the revelation of this Surah also has not been mentioned in any authentic hadith, but its subject matter clearly shows that it was revealed consecutively after Surah 44: ad-Dukhan (Smoke). The close resemblance between the contents of the two Surahs makes them appear as twins.

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