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Quran 25:43

25:43

أَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

ara-ayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afa-anta takūnu ʿalayhi wakīlan

Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

— Saheeh International

Think [Prophet] of the man who has taken his own passion as a god: are you to be his guardian?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) seen him who has taken as his ilâh (god) his own vain desire? Would you then be a Wakîl (a disposer of his affairs or a watcher) over him?

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 19Page 363meccan

Word by Word

أَرَءَيْتَara-aytaHave you seen
مَنِmani(one) who
ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhatakes
إِلَـٰهَهُۥilāhahu(as) his god
هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis own desire
أَفَأَنتَafa-antaThen would you
تَكُونُtakūnube
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
وَكِيلًاwakīlana guardian