Surah Al-Furqan 25:43 — translation and meaning

الفرقان · Verse 43 / 77 · Page 363

أَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَهَهُ هَوَاهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا

Word by Word

أَرَأَيْتَ
ara-ayta
Have you seen
مَنِ
mani
(one) who
اتَّخَذَ
ittakhadha
takes
إِلَهَهُ
ilahahu
(as) his god
هَوَاهُ
hawahu
his own desire
أَفَأَنتَ
afa-anta
Then would you
تَكُونُ
takunu
be
عَلَيْهِ
alayhi
over him
وَكِيلًا
wakilan
a guardian

Transliteration

Ara'aita manit takhaza ilaahahoo hawaahu afa anta takoonu 'alaihi wakeelaa

Translation

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

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Have you seen - O Messenger - the person who made his desire a god and followed it! Will you be a guardian over him to bring him back to faith and prevent him from disbelief?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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