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Have you seen - inform Me [about] - him who has taken as his god his own desire?, that is, as something that will be bring about his ruin³ (the indirect object [ilāhahu, 'as his Allahu ta’ālā'] precedes the direct object because it is more important; the clause [beginning] man ittakhadha, 'him who has taken', constitutes the first direct object of a-ra'ayta, 'have you seen', the second being [the following, a-fa-anta …]) Will you be a Guardian (wakīl) over him?, a protector to preserve him from following his desires? No.