Sura 45 Al-Jathiyah (The Crouching), ayah 23
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أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ
Translation by words
- أَفَرَءَيْتَ
- Have you seen
- مَنِ
- (he) who
- ٱتَّخَذَ
- takes
- إِلَٰهَهُۥ
- (as) his god
- هَوَىٰهُ
- his desire
- وَأَضَلَّهُ
- and Allah lets him go astray
- ٱللَّهُ
- and Allah lets him go astray
- عَلَىٰ
- knowingly,
- عِلْمٍ
- knowingly,
- وَخَتَمَ
- and He sets a seal
- عَلَىٰ
- upon
- سَمْعِهِۦ
- his hearing
- وَقَلْبِهِۦ
- and his heart
- وَجَعَلَ
- and puts
- عَلَىٰ
- over
- بَصَرِهِۦ
- his vision
- غِشَٰوَةً
- a veil?
- فَمَن
- Then who
- يَهْدِيهِ
- will guide him
- مِنۢ
- after
- بَعْدِ
- after
- ٱللَّهِ
- Allah?
- أَفَلَا
- Then will not
- تَذَكَّرُونَ
- you receive admonition?
Have you seen he who has taken as his god his (own) desire, and Allah 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 Allah? Then will you not be reminded?
45:23
Translation: Saheeh International