The Crouching
45. Al-Jāthiyah
الجاثية
Page #501
45:23
أَفَرَأَيْتَ
مَنِ
اتَّخَذَ
إِلَهَهُ
هَوَاهُ
وَأَضَلَّهُ
اللَّهُ
عَلَى
عِلْمٍ
وَخَتَمَ
عَلَى
سَمْعِهِ
وَقَلْبِهِ
وَجَعَلَ
عَلَى
بَصَرِهِ
غِشَاوَةً
فَمَن
يَهْدِيهِ
مِن
بَعْدِ
اللَّهِ
أَفَلَا
تَذَكَّرُونَ
ʾa-fa-raʾayta mani ttakhadha ʾilāhahū hawāhu wa-ʾaḍallahu llāhu ʿalā ʿilmin wa-khatama ʿalā samʿihī wa-qalbihī wa-jaʿala ʿalā baṣarihī ghishāwatan fa-man yahdīhi min baʿdi llāhi ʾa-fa-lā tadhakkarūna
Then seest thou such a one as takes as his god his own vain desire? Allah has, knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart (and understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who, then, will guide him after Allah (has withdrawn Guidance)? Will ye not then receive admonition?
— Abdullah Yusufali
Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, set a seal upon his hearing and heart, and put a blindfold on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah [has consigned him to error]? Will you not then take admonition?
