[25].Surah Al-Furqan [The Criterion]: Ayat 43-44

৪৩. আপনি কি তাকে দেখেন না, যে তারা প্রবৃত্তিকে উপাস্যরূপে গ্রহণ করে? তবুও কি আপনি তার যিম্মাদার হবেন?
৪৪. আপনি কি মনে করেন যে, তাদের অধিকাংশ শোনে অথবা বোঝে? তারা তো চতুস্পদ জন্তুর মত; বরং আরও পথভ্রান্ত  

Ayat 43. Have you (O Muhammad  SAWW (PBUH) seen him who has taken as his ilâh (god) his own desire? Would you then be a Wakîl (a disposer of his affairs or a watcher) over him?

Ayat 44. Or do you think that most of them hear or understand? They are only like cattle; nay, they are even farther astray from the Path. (i.e. even worst than cattle). 

[Tafseer] of Ayat 43. Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him? The man who worships his own passions or impulses or desires is the most hopeless to teach or lead or guide. If it were anything else the matter with him, the Teacher could argue with him. But Reason cannot prevail over blind passion. It is vain to hope that such a man could be led, until his mad desires are killed. No one could undertake any responsibility for him, for he obeys no law and follows no advice. He is worse than brute beasts, which may not understand, but at least follow the wholesome instincts implanted in them by Allah. The lawless man has killed his instincts and is unwilling to submit to guidance. Tafseer of Ayat 44. Or thinkest thou that most of them listen or understand? They are only like cattle;- nay, they are worse astray in Path. 

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah [SAWW](PBUH) said, "The world is the believer's prison and the infidel's Jannah".

[Muslim Book 42,Chapter 01, Hadith # 7058] 

 

Lesson : as mentioned above in Surah Al-Furqan Ayat 43 "Have you seen him who has taken as his ilâh (god) his own desire?" As compared with the pleasures and luxuries, which are in store for a true believer in Jannah in the Hereafter, this world is a prison; and against the ceaseless torture that awaits the Kuffar (disbelievers) in Hell, this world is a Jannah for them. It can also mean that the way a Muslim saves himself in life from lusts and desires and leads a pious life with fear of Allah, this world is a prison for him because he is fettered in the chains of rules and regulations, while a Kafir (disbeliever) is free from all kinds of restrictions and is completely given to lusts and desires, and this is how this world is a Jannah for him. The purpose of this Hadith is to induce Muslims for the preparation of Al-akhirah (the Hereafter) and prevent them from unlawful luxuries of this world.