سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 12
ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ ﴿12﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(It will be said): "This is because, when Allâh Alone was invoked (in worship) you disbelieved (denied), but when partners were joined to Him, you believed! So the judgement is only with Allâh, the Most High, the Most Great!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ذَٰلِكُم
dhālikum
That
بِأَنَّهُۥٓ
bi-annahu
(is) because
إِذَا
idhā
when
دُعِىَ
duʿiya
Allah was invoked
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah was invoked
وَحْدَهُۥ
waḥdahu
Alone
كَفَرْتُمْ ۖ
kafartum
you disbelieved
وَإِن
wa-in
but if
يُشْرَكْ
yush'rak
(others) were associated
بِهِۦ
bihi
with Him
تُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ
tu'minū
you believed
فَٱلْحُكْمُ
fal-ḥuk'mu
So the judgment
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(is) with Allah
ٱلْعَلِىِّ
l-ʿaliyi
the Most High
ٱلْكَبِيرِ
l-kabīri
the Most Great
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.
12. 1 This explains the reason for their not being taken out of Hell: that you denied the oneness of Allah in the world and shirk was desirable to you, therefore now there is nothing for you except the eternal punishment of Hell.
12. 2 It is the command of this One Allah that now the punishment of Hell is forever for you and there is no way out of it. Who is Al-A‘la, meaning exalted above those things that anyone could be like Him in His essence or attributes, and Al-Kabir, meaning too great for anyone to be like Him, or to have a wife or children or a partner.
12. 2 It is the command of this One Allah that now the punishment of Hell is forever for you and there is no way out of it. Who is Al-A‘la, meaning exalted above those things that anyone could be like Him in His essence or attributes, and Al-Kabir, meaning too great for anyone to be like Him, or to have a wife or children or a partner.
