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 Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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22. Your God is only One God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter—denial has taken root in their hearts, and they have become arrogant [23].
[23]
Denial of the Hereafter is Arrogance:
It is arrogance in the sense that denying the establishment of the Day of Recompense and Punishment is, in fact, a denial of two attributes of Allah Almighty: one, that Allah is Just, and second, that He is All-Powerful. And whoever, despite seeing such clear and natural proofs, denies the absolute power of Allah, who can be more arrogant than him? Whereas the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while defining arrogance, said that arrogance is to reject the truth and to consider others inferior. [مسلم، کتاب الایمان۔ باب تحریم الکبر و بیانہ]
[23]
Denial of the Hereafter is Arrogance:
It is arrogance in the sense that denying the establishment of the Day of Recompense and Punishment is, in fact, a denial of two attributes of Allah Almighty: one, that Allah is Just, and second, that He is All-Powerful. And whoever, despite seeing such clear and natural proofs, denies the absolute power of Allah, who can be more arrogant than him? Whereas the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, while defining arrogance, said that arrogance is to reject the truth and to consider others inferior. [مسلم، کتاب الایمان۔ باب تحریم الکبر و بیانہ]
