what does islam say about a man who follows his desires?
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ [٧٩:٤٠]
[Hilali-Khan-0] But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts.
[pickthall] But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ [٧٩:٤١]
[Hilali-Khan-0] Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
[pickthall] Lo! the Garden will be his home.
This is from surah An-Naziat, #79 ayat 40-41. Allah subhanna wata3alla describes for us to restrain our nafs(inner desire) as if we are in a battle with it. This is a very beautiful surah for one who can grasp the correlation and examples Allah described. This is my understanding in studying this chapter of the Quran Al-Kareem.
Allah knows best
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ [٧٩:٤٠]
[Hilali-Khan-0] But as for him who feared standing before his Lord, and restrained himself from impure evil desires, and lusts.
[pickthall] But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ [٧٩:٤١]
[Hilali-Khan-0] Verily, Paradise will be his abode.
[pickthall] Lo! the Garden will be his home.
This is from surah An-Naziat, #79 ayat 40-41. Allah subhanna wata3alla describes for us to restrain our nafs(inner desire) as if we are in a battle with it. This is a very beautiful surah for one who can grasp the correlation and examples Allah described. This is my understanding in studying this chapter of the Quran Al-Kareem.
Allah knows best
Assalamu 'alaykum,
Not going into specifics, here are just some quotes i was reading by scholars about desire :
It is reported from ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib –Allah be pleased with him – that he said:
The thing I fear for you most is following desires and having extensive hopes (about this worldly life). Following one’s desires blocks you from the truth, and having extensive hopes makes you forget the hereafter. Verily, this worldly life is departing and the hereafter is approaching and each of them has its children. So be children of the hereafter, not children of this world, for today there are (opportunities to do) deeds and there is no reckoning, but tomorrow there will be reckoning and no deeds.
Quoted by Al-Bukhârî, Al-Sahîh, The Book of Raqâ`iq without the first sentence. Reported in its entirety by Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol.1 p40, and others.
Al-Hâfidh Ibn Hajr states in Fath Al-Bârî:
Extensive hopes (about this worldly life) give rise to lethargy when it comes to acts of obedience, procrastinating with repentance, desire for worldly things, forgetfulness of the hereafter and hardness of the heart; because the softness of the heart and its purity only comes about by remembering death, the grave, reward and punishment, and the horrors of the hereafter…for if one remembers death, he strives to do acts of obedience, his worries decrease and he is satisfied with less.
wasalam
Not going into specifics, here are just some quotes i was reading by scholars about desire :
It is reported from ‘Alî b. Abî Tâlib –Allah be pleased with him – that he said:
The thing I fear for you most is following desires and having extensive hopes (about this worldly life). Following one’s desires blocks you from the truth, and having extensive hopes makes you forget the hereafter. Verily, this worldly life is departing and the hereafter is approaching and each of them has its children. So be children of the hereafter, not children of this world, for today there are (opportunities to do) deeds and there is no reckoning, but tomorrow there will be reckoning and no deeds.
Quoted by Al-Bukhârî, Al-Sahîh, The Book of Raqâ`iq without the first sentence. Reported in its entirety by Abû Nu’aym, Hilyah Al-Awliyâ` Vol.1 p40, and others.
Al-Hâfidh Ibn Hajr states in Fath Al-Bârî:
Extensive hopes (about this worldly life) give rise to lethargy when it comes to acts of obedience, procrastinating with repentance, desire for worldly things, forgetfulness of the hereafter and hardness of the heart; because the softness of the heart and its purity only comes about by remembering death, the grave, reward and punishment, and the horrors of the hereafter…for if one remembers death, he strives to do acts of obedience, his worries decrease and he is satisfied with less.
wasalam