Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:23

45:23

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

afara-ayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu wa-aḍallahu l-lahu ʿalā ʿil'min wakhatama ʿalā samʿihi waqalbihi wajaʿala ʿalā baṣarihi ghishāwatan faman yahdīhi min baʿdi l-lahi afalā tadhakkarūna

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?

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], consider the one who has taken his own desire as a god, whom God allows to stray in the face of knowledge, sealing his ears and heart and covering his eyes- who can guide such a person after God [has done this]? Will you [people] not take heed?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have you seen him who takes his own lust (vain desires) as his ilâh (god)? And Allâh knowing (him as such), left him astray, and sealed his hearing and his heart, and put a cover on his sight. Who then will guide him after Allâh? Will you not then remember?

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

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Word by Word

أَفَرَءَيْتَafara-aytaHave you seen
مَنِmani(he) who
ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhatakes
إِلَـٰهَهُۥilāhahu(as) his god
هَوَىٰهُhawāhuhis desire
وَأَضَلَّهُwa-aḍallahuand Allah lets him go astray
ٱللَّهُl-lahuand Allah lets him go astray
عَلَىٰʿalāknowingly
عِلْمٍۢʿil'minknowingly
وَخَتَمَwakhatamaand He sets a seal
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
سَمْعِهِۦsamʿihihis hearing
وَقَلْبِهِۦwaqalbihiand his heart
وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand puts
عَلَىٰʿalāover
بَصَرِهِۦbaṣarihihis vision
غِشَـٰوَةًۭghishāwatana veil
فَمَنfamanThen who
يَهْدِيهِyahdīhiwill guide him
مِنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ٱللَّهِۚl-lahiAllah
أَفَلَاafalāThen will not
تَذَكَّرُونَtadhakkarūnayou receive admonition