سُوْرَةُ النَّحْلِ
Surah An-Nahl (16) — Ayah 22
إِلَـٰهُكُمْ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۚ فَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ﴿22﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Your Ilâh[2] (God) is One Ilâh (God - Allâh, none has the right to be worshipped but He). But for those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts deny (the faith in the Oneness of Allâh), and they are proud.[3]
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِلَـٰهُكُمْ
ilāhukum
Your god
إِلَـٰهٌۭ
ilāhun
(is) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ ۚ
wāḥidun
One
فَٱلَّذِينَ
fa-alladhīna
But those who
لَا
lā
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
believe
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ
bil-ākhirati
in the Hereafter
قُلُوبُهُم
qulūbuhum
their hearts
مُّنكِرَةٌۭ
munkiratun
refuse
وَهُم
wahum
and they
مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ
mus'takbirūna
(are) arrogant
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
22. 1. That is, believing in one Allah is very difficult for the deniers and polytheists. They say, "Has he made all the gods into one God? This is indeed a strange thing." At another place it is stated that when only Allah is mentioned, the hearts of those who deny the Hereafter become constricted, and when other gods besides Allah are mentioned, they become happy.
