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396 - الهَوى‏

396. THE DESIRE

1809 - الهَوى‏ إلهٌ مَعبودٌ

1809. DESIRE IS A WORSHIPPED GOD

(أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ إِلهَهُ هَوَاهُ وأَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى‏ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَى‏ سَمْعِهِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَجَعَلَ عَلَى‏ بَصَرِهِ غِشَاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ) .1

"Have you seen him who has taken his desire to be his god and whom Allah has led astray knowingly, and set a seal upon his hearing and his heart, and drawn a blind on his sight? So who will guide him after Allah? Will you not then take admonition?" 2

6406.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما تَحَت ظِلِّ السَّماءِ مِن إلهٍ يُعبَدُ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أعظَمَ عِندَ اللَّهِ مِن هَوىً مُتَّبَعٍ .3

6406.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'There is no god worshipped beneath the shadow of the sky other than Allah, considered worse by Allah than a desire pursued.' 4

6407.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الهَوى‏ إلهٌ مَعبودٌ ، العَقلُ صَدِيقٌ مَحمودٌ .5

6407.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'The desire is a worshipped god, and the intellect is a praiseworthy friend.' 6

6408.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الجاهِلُ عَبدُ شَهوَتِهِ .7

6408.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'An ignorant person is a worshipper of his desires.' 8

1.الجاثية : ۲۳ .

2.Quran ۴۵: ۲۳

3.الدرّ المنثور : ۶ / ۲۶۱ .

4.al-Durr al-Manthur, v. ۲, p. ۲۶۱

5.غرر الحكم : ۲۲۱۷ ، ۲۲۱۸ .

6.Ghurar al-Hikam, no. ۲۲۱۷-۲۲۱۸

7.غرر الحكم : ۴۴۹ .

8.Ibid. no. ۴۴۹

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