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Ghafir 12

Ayah 12 of 85 · Meccan

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِيَ ٱللَّهُ وَحۡدَهُۥ كَفَرۡتُمۡ وَإِن يُشۡرَكۡ بِهِۦ تُؤۡمِنُواْۚ فَٱلۡحُكۡمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلۡعَلِيِّ ٱلۡكَبِيرِ ١٢

[They will be told], "That is because, when Allāh was called upon alone, you disbelieved; but if others were associated with Him, you believed. So the judgement is with Allāh, the Most High, the Grand."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ذَٰلِكُمThatdhālikum
  2. بِأَنَّهُۥٓ(is) becausebi-annahu
  3. إِذَاwhenidhā
  4. دُعِيَAllah was invokedduʿiya
  5. ٱللَّهُAllah was invokedl-lahu
  6. وَحۡدَهُۥAlonewaḥdahu
  7. كَفَرۡتُمۡyou disbelievedkafartum
  8. وَإِنbut ifwa-in
  9. يُشۡرَكۡ(others) were associatedyush'rak
  10. بِهِۦwith Himbihi
  11. تُؤۡمِنُواْۚyou believedtu'minū
  12. فَٱلۡحُكۡمُSo the judgmentfal-ḥuk'mu
  13. لِلَّهِ(is) with Allahlillahi
  14. ٱلۡعَلِيِّthe Most Highl-ʿaliyi
  15. ٱلۡكَبِيرِthe Most Greatl-kabīri

Tafsir

That punishment which you are punished with is because when Allah was called upon and no partner was associated with Him, you disbelieved in Him and made partners for Him. And when partners were worshipped alongside Allah, you believed. So the judgment is with Allah alone, High with His essence, decree and domination, the Great.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran