It was not us they worshipped.

They are those whose hearts have been sealed by God, and they follow their own lusts.

Those are they upon whose hearts God has set a seal, and they have followed their caprices.

Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed up and they follow their lusts.

Such are men whose hearts Allah has sealed, and they follow their lusts (evil desires).

Those are they whose hearts God has sealed, and they follow their own desires.

Such are those whose hearts Allah has sealed and who pursue their lusts.

Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.

Then, if they cannot give you an answer, know that they are only following their lusts.

But if they answer you not (i.e. do not believe in your doctrine of Islamic Monotheism, nor follow you), then know that they only follow their own lusts.

But if they fail to respond to you, know that they follow their fancies.

And if they answer thee not, then know that what they follow is their lusts.

But some, being averse turn away,

Then a party of them turn away and they are backsliders

But when others are mentioned apart from God, they begin to rejoice.

And yet the wicked follow their own lusts without understanding.

And if you follow their whims after all the knowledge that has reached you, then surely you will be among transgressors.

If thou followest their caprices, after the knowledge that has come to thee, then thou wilt surely be among the evildoers

Aye! those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge.

And shouldst thou follow their desires, after that which hath come unto thee of the knowledge, then verily thou wilt become one of the wrong doers.

Verily, if you follow their desires after that which you have received of knowledge (from Allah), then indeed you will be one of the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong doers, etc.).

But when those other than Him are mentioned, they become filled with joy.

Yet the wrongdoers follow their desires without knowledge.

And if you were to follow their desires, after the knowledge that has come to you, you would be in that case one of the wrongdoers.

But the wrong doers follow their desires without any knowledge.

Nay, but those who do wrong follow their own lusts without knowledge.

And if thou shouldst follow their desires after the knowledge which hath come unto thee, then surely wert thou of the evil doers.

Verily thy Lord!

It was not us they worshipped.

We beg Your forgiveness it was not us they used to worship.

It was not us that they worshipped.

We declare our innocence before Thee us they never worshipped.

We repudiate them before You it was not us that they worshipped.

For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears

But the belief that America is the only virtuous country, the sole beacon of light in a dark and unstable world, continues to shape many Americans worldview. American intellectuals failure to challenge these ideas and to help the US population shed complacent attitudes based on ignorance perpetuates a culture of coddling the public.

American intellectuals failure to challenge these ideas and to help the US population shed complacent attitudes based on ignorance perpetuates a culture of coddling the public.

So follow it, and do not follow the wishes of those who are ignorant.

These are only names which you and your fathers have invented.

So follow you that (Islamic Monotheism and its laws), and follow not the desires of those who know not. Tafsir At Tabari Vol.

So follow that and do not follow the desires of those who do not know.

You seem to describe a political leadership that is kind of unprepared and a prisoner of the whims of the financial markets, and that scene in Brussels that you describe, to me, as a citizen, is terrifying.

And follow thou not the desires of those who belie Our signs and those who believe not in the Hereafter while they equalise others with their Lord.

And you should not follow the vain desires of such as treat Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) as falsehoods, and such as believe not in the Hereafter, and they hold others as equal (in worship) with their Lord.

And do not follow the whims of those who deny Our revelation, and those who do not believe in the Hereafter, and those who equate others with their Lord.