Have you seen the one who takes as his ‘God’ his own desire? Then would you be responsible for him?

আপনি কি তাকে দেখেন না, যে তারা প্রবৃত্তিকে উপাস্যরূপে গ্রহণ করে? তবুও কি আপনি তার যিম্মাদার হবেন?

Look, how things are connected.

In Ayah 53:23 Allah gives us information, that seems not much connected with us, but now read that Ayah again and connect with this Ayah, it is terrifying SHIRK!

The gist of the Ayah 53:23 was something like this: Whatever idea and thoughts you might come up with about Allah, the Almighty, if you do not have any evidence for that then that is from what your heart desires.

Therefore, first, you need to check whether the ideas you have about Allah, the Most High,
“Did Allah mention that in the Quran?
or
Is there any authentic narrations from  Rasulullah sallillahu sallillahu alaihi wa sallam?
If it is not then Allah said, it is from your DESIRE. That’s the understanding from Ayah 53:23.

Contemplate further on the word that Allah mentions.
Allah Ta’ala, the revealer of the book says,
“He did not send from him an AUTHORITY (sultan)”.
This means, that anything about Allah Ajja Wa Jalla is under his authority, it needs His approval, and it needs evidence from Him. If you think something else then you are not giving authority to Allah which belongs to Him only.
Be mindful of this.

Now come to this Ayah we study. Allah mentions that DESIRE is actually their ‘GOD’. Which means, worshipping yourself, which is nothing other than a clear SHIRK. Aujubillah, May Allah save us from this.
And Allah knows best.