Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Don't be deluded or impressed by your deeds!

  

أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ فَرَآهُ حَسَنًا ۖ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَاءُ وَيَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ ۖ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَاتٍ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

8. Is he, then, to whom the evil of his deeds is made  fair-seeming, so that he considers it as good (equal to one who is rightly guided)? Verily, Allâh sends astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. So destroy not yourself (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) in sorrow for them.Truly, Allâh is All-Knower of what they do!

al-Hilâlî & Muhsin Khân Translation , The Noble Qur'ân, Sūrah 35. Fâtir  Ayah 8