أَهْواء
Noun · 17 timesMeaning: their desires · Also translated as: desires, their vain desires, your desires
Forms in the Quran
- أَهْوَآءَهُم ×12
- أَهْوَآءَ ×3
- أَهْوَآءَكُمْ ×1
- بِأَهْوَآئِهِم ×1
أَهْواء
Meaning: their desires
أهواء occurs 17 times in 17 verses across 11 surahs of the Quran. Below is every verse with its translation. Tap any word to see its meaning.
Meaning: their desires · Also translated as: desires, their vain desires, your desires
الهوى: ميل النفس إلى الشهوة. ويقال ذلك للنفس المائلة إلى الشهوة، وقيل: سمي بذلك لأنه يهوي بصاحبه في الدنيا إلى كل داهية، وفي الآخرة إلى الهاوية، والهوي: سقوط من علو إلى سفل، وقوله عز وجل: فأمه هاوية
الهاء والواو والياء: أصل صحيح يدل على خلو وسقوط. أصله الهواء بين الأرض والسماء، سمي لخلوه. قالوا: وكل خال هواء. قال الله تعالى: ﴿وأفئدتهم هواء﴾ [إبراهيم: 43]، أي خالية لا تعي شيئا، ثم قال زهير:
Verses 1–17 of 17
Never will the Jews Or the Christians be satisfied With thee unless thou follow Their form of religion. Say: "The Guidance of God,—that Is the (only) Guidance." Wert thou to follow their desires After the knowledge Which hath reached thee, Then wouldst thou find Neither Protector nor Helper Against God.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:120Even if thou wert to bring To the people of the Book All the Signs (together), They would not follow Thy Qibla; nor art thou Going to follow their Qibla; Nor indeed will they follow Each other's Qibla. If thou After the knowledge hath reached thee, Wert to follow their (vain) Desires,—then wert thou Indeed (clearly) in the wrong.
Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 2:145To thee We sent the Scripture In truth, confirming The scripture that came Before it, and guarding it In safety: so judge Between them by what God hath revealed, And follow not their vain Desires, diverging From the Truth that hath come To thee. To each among you Have We prescribed a Law And an Open Way. If God had so willed. He would have made you A single People, but (His Plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive As in a race in all virtues. The goal of you all is to God; It is He that will show you The truth of the matters In which ye dispute;
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:48And this (He commands): Judge thou between them By what God hath revealed, And follow not their vain Desires, but beware of them Lest they beguile thee From any of that (teaching) Which God hath sent down To thee. And if they turn Away, be assured that For some of their crimes It is God's purpose to punish Them. And truly most men Are rebellious.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:49Say: "O People of the Book! Exceed not in your religion The bounds (of what is proper), Trespassing beyond the truth, Nor follow the vain desires Of people who went wrong In times gone by,—who misled Many, and strayed (themselves) From the even Way.
Surah Al-Ma'idah, verse 5:77Say: "I am forbidden To worship those—others Than God—whom ye Call upon." Say: "I will Not follow your vain desires: If I did, I would stray From the path, and be not Of the company of those Who receive guidance."
Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:56Why should ye not Eat of (meats) on which God's name hath been Pronounced, when He hath Explained to you in detail What is forbidden to you— Except under compulsion Of necessity? But many do mislead (men) By their appetites unchecked By knowledge. Thy Lord Knoweth best those who transgress
Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:119Say: "Bring forward your witnesses To prove that God did Forbid so and so." If they Bring such witnesses, Be not thou amongst them: Nor follow thou the vain Desires of such as treat Our Signs as falsehoods, And such as believe not In the Hereafter: for they Hold others as equal With their Guardian-Lord.
Surah Al-An'am, verse 6:150Thus have We revealed it To be a judgment of authority In Arabic. Wert thou to follow Their (vain) desires after the knowledge Which hath reached thee, Then wouldst thou find Neither protector nor defender Against God.
Surah Ar-Ra'd, verse 13:37If 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! Nay, We Have sent them their admonition, But they turn away From their admonition.
Surah Al-Mu'minun, verse 23:71But if they hearken not To thee, know that they Only follow their own lusts: And who is more astray Than one who follows his own Lusts, devoid of guidance From God? For God guides not People given to wrong-doing.
Surah Al-Qasas, verse 28:50Nay, the wrong-doers (merely) Follow their own lusts, Being devoid of knowledge. But who will guide those Whom God leaves astray? To them there will be No helpers.
Surah Ar-Rum, verse 30:29Now then, for that (reason), Call (them to the Faith), And stand steadfast As thou art commanded, Nor follow thou their vain Desires; but say: "I believe In the Book which God has sent down; And I am commanded To judge justly between you. God is our Lord And your Lord. For us (Is the responsibility for) Our deeds, and for you For your deeds. There is No contention between us And you. God will Bring us together, And to Him is (Our) final goal.
Surah Ash-Shuraa, verse 42:15Then we put thee On the (right) Way Of Religion: so follow Thou that (Way), And follow not the desires Of those who know not.
Surah Al-Jathiyah, verse 45:18Is then one who is On a clear (Path) From his Lord, No better than one To whom the evil Of his conduct seems pleasing, And such as follow Their own lusts?
Surah Muhammad, verse 47:14And among them are men Who listen to thee, But in the end, when they Go out from thee, They say to those who Have received Knowledge, "What is it he said Just then?" Such are Men whose hearts God Has sealed, and who Follow their own lusts.
Surah Muhammad, verse 47:16They reject (the warning) And follow their (own) lusts But every matter has Its appointed time.
Surah Al-Qamar, verse 54:3