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فَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكَ عَنْهَا مَنْ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُ فَتَرْدٰى   ( طه: ١٦ )

falā
فَلَا
So (do) not
yaṣuddannaka
يَصُدَّنَّكَ
(let) avert you
ʿanhā
عَنْهَا
from it
man
مَن
(one) who
لَّا
(does) not
yu'minu
يُؤْمِنُ
believe
bihā
بِهَا
in it
wa-ittabaʿa
وَٱتَّبَعَ
and follows
hawāhu
هَوَىٰهُ
his desires
fatardā
فَتَرْدَىٰ
lest you perish

Falaa yasuddannnaka 'anhaa mal laa yu'minu bihaa wattaba'a hawaahu fatardaa (Ṭāʾ Hāʾ 20:16)

Sahih International:

So do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows his desire, for you [then] would perish. (Taha [20] : 16)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

So the one who does not believe in it and follows his desires must not make you neglectful of it, otherwise you will perish.