Follow Lusts

4. Sura an-Nisa

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

يُرِيدُ اللّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ سُنَنَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ ...

4: 26.  Allah doth wish to make clear to you and to show you the ordinances of those before you;

... وَيَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ...  

and (He doth wish to) turn to you (in Mercy):

... وَاللّهُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ ﴿٢٦﴾

and Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.

وَاللّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يَتُوبَ عَلَيْكُمْ...   

4: 27.  Allah doth wish to turn to you,

... وَيُرِيدُ الَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ الشَّهَوَاتِ أَن تَمِيلُواْ مَيْلاً عَظِيمًا ﴿٢٧﴾

but the wish of those who follow their lusts is that ye should turn away (from Him), far, far away.

Asad’s Version:

4:26 God wants to make [all this] clear unto you, and to guide you onto the [righteous] ways of life of those who preceded you, and to turn onto to you in His Mercy: for God is all-knowing, wise.

4:27 And God wants to turn unto you in His mercy, whereas those who follow [only] their own lusts want you to drift far away from the right path.

{ " deviate with a tremendous deviation" }