Al-Furqan 25:43

<h2>How the Disbelievers mocked the Messenger</h2><p>Allah tells us how the disbelievers mocked the Messenger when they saw him. This is like the Ayah,</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَإِذَا رَآكَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً</div><p>(And when the disbelievers see you, they take you not except for mockery) (21:36), which means that they tried to find faults and shortcomings in him. Here Allah says:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلاَّ هُزُواً أَهَـذَا الَّذِى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولاً </div><p>(And when they see you, they treat you only in mockery (saying): "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a Messenger") i.e., they said this by way of belittling and trying to undermine him, so Allah put them in their place, and said:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِىءَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ</div><p>(And indeed Messengers before you were mocked at) (6:10)</p><div class="arabic uthmani">إِن كَادَ لَيُضِلُّنَا عَنْ ءَالِهَتِنَا</div><p>(He would have nearly misled us from our gods,) They meant: `he nearly turned us away from worshipping idols, and he would have done so, had we not been patient and persevered in our ways.' So Allah said, warning and threatening them:</p><div class="arabic uthmani">وَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ حِينَ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ</div><p>(And they will know, when they see the torment...)</p><h2>They took Their Desires as their gods and were …

Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him?

Seest thou such a one as taketh for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Couldst thou be a disposer of affairs for him?

Have you (O Muhammad SAW) seen him who has taken as his ilah (god) his own desire? Would you then be a Wakil (a disposer of his affairs or a watcher) over him?

Have you seen him who chose his desire as his god? Would you be an agent for him?