He would sit upon the first falsehood to the remotest point of the loss, and he would extend his hand seeking what he is not able upon during his rebellion. So (then) he permits what Allah -azwj has Prohibited, and prohibits what Allah -azwj has Permitted, not caring what is lost from his Religion when his government is safe for him, which he had been wicked for, for its reason.
They are with those whom Allah -azwj is Wrathful upon them, and Curses them, and has Prepared for them an abasing Punishment.
وَ لَكِنَّ الرَّجُلَ كُلَّ الرَّجُلِ، نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ- هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ هَوَاهُ تَبَعاً لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ، وَ قُوَاهُ مَبْذُولَةً فِي رِضَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، يَرَى الذُّلَّ مَعَ الْحَقِّ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى عِزِّ الْأَبَدِ- مِنَ الْعِزِّ فِي الْبَاطِلِ، وَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ قَلِيلَ مَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ مِنْ ضَرَّائِهَا- يُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَى دَوَامِ النِّعَمِ فِي دَارٍ لَا تَبِيدُ وَ لَا تَنْفَدُ، وَ إِنَّ كَثِيرَ مَا يَلْحَقُهُ مِنْ سَرَّائِهَا إِنِ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ- يُؤَدِّيهِ إِلَى عَذَابٍ لَا انْقِطَاعَ لَهُ وَ لَا زَوَالَ ‘‘However, a (rare) man among other men, the best of the men, he is the one who makes his own desires to be obedient to the Command of Allah -azwj , and his strength to be utilised regarding the Pleasure of Allah -azwj the Exalted.
He accepts the disgrace for being with the truth (and takes it) as an honour of the (pious) servant than (to embrace) the honour in (associating with) the falsehood. And he knows that the little that he endures from its adversities would lead him to the perpetual Bounties in a House which would neither terminate nor deplete.
And even if it is a lot of what he faces from the joys, if he were to follow his own desires, these would lead him to the Punishment, having neither a termination to it nor a decline.