The Meaning of Taking One's Desire as a God in the Verse
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: regarding His saying[Al-Jathiyah 45:23] the verse.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Jathiyah 45:23] Yes.
The questioner:
He says: and[Al-Furqan 25:43] can desire be a god?
The Shaykh:
Yes.[Al-Furqan 25:43-44] So whoever seeks guidance other than from the Book and the Sunnah, Allah will misguide him. There is no evidence except the Book and the Sunnah, and whoever is not content with the Book and the Sunnah, Allah will not be content with him.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: regarding His saying
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
أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِThe Shaykh:
and put over his vision a veil? So who will guide him after Allah? Then will you not be reminded?
وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِن بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَThe questioner:
He says: and
takes as his god his own desire
اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُThe Shaykh:
Yes.
(43) Have you seen the one who takes as his god his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him? (44) Or do you think that most of them hear or reason? They are not except like livestock. Rather, they are [even] more astray in [their] way.
أَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُ هَوَاهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ وَكِيلًا أَمْ تَحْسَبُ أَنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ أَوْ يَعْقِلُونَ إِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل والفتنة نوعان : فتنة الشبهات وهي أعظم الفتنتين وفتنة الشهوات — islamhouse.com (47:06)
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