Page 23 - The Basic Concepts in the Qur’an

Thus We have revealed it to be a judgment of authority in Arabic. Were you to follow
their (vain) desires after the knowledge which has reached you, you would find
neither protector nor defender against Allah.
(Al-Rad, 37)

Do you see such a one as takes for his god his own passion (or impulse)? Could you
be a disposer of his affairs?
(Al-Furqan, 43)

O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah, even against
yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for
Allah can best protect both. Do not follow the lusts (of your hearts), lest you swerve
from the truth; and if you distort (justice) or decline to do justice, truly, Allah is well-
acquainted with all that you do.
(An-Nisa, 135)

No, the wrong-doers (merely) follow their own lusts, being devoid of knowledge. But
who will guide those whom Allah leaves astray? For them there will be no helpers.
(Al-Room, 29)

“Therefore, let not such as do not believe therein but follow their own lusts, divert
you therefrom, lest you perish!”
(Ta-Ha, 16)

If the Truth had been in accord with their desires, truly the heavens and the earth, and
all beings therein would have been in confusion and corruption! No, We have sent
them their scriptures, but they turn away from their admonition.
(Al-Momenoon, 71)

To you We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it,
and guarding it in safety: so judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do
not follow their vain desires, diverging from the truth that has come to you. For each
among you we have prescribed a law and an open way. If Allah had so willed, He
would have made you a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He has
given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal of all of you is Allah; it is He
who will show you the truth of the matters in which you dispute; and this (He
commands): Judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their
vain desires, but beware of them lest they turn you away from any of that (teaching)
which Allah has sent down to you. And if they turn away, be assured that for their sins
it is Allah’s purpose to punish them. And truly most men are rebellious.
(Al-Maeda, 48-49)

Following lusts and vain desires makes the individual blind to his faults. Such a person
rapidly meets with eternal disaster.