Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
Hast thou ever considered [the kind of man] who makes his own desires his deity? Couldst thou, then, [O Prophet,] be held responsible for him
Arthur John Arberry
Hast thou seen him who has taken his caprice to be his god? Wilt thou be a guardian over them
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him
Arabic
أَرَءَیۡتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَـٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ أَفَأَنتَ تَكُونُ عَلَیۡهِ وَكِیلًا ٤٣
Transliteration (2021)
ara-ayta mani ittakhadha ilāhahu hawāhu afa-anta takūnu ʿalayhi wakīla