Quran 40:12

Surah Al-Ghaafir, Verse 12

Juz 24 · Page 468 · Ruku 405 · Meccan

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ

Word by word

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

Transliteration

Thalikum bi-annahu ithaduAAiya Allahu wahdahu kafartum wa-in yushrak bihitu/minoo falhukmu lillahi alAAaliyyialkabeer

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

(It is said unto them): This is (your plight) because, when Allah only was invoked, ye disbelieved, but when some partner was ascribed to Him ye were believing. But the command belongeth only to Allah, the Sublime, the Majestic.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(The answer will be:) "This is because, when Allah was invoked as the Only (object of worship), ye did reject Faith, but when partners were joined to Him, ye believed! the Command is with Allah, Most High, Most Great!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( ذلكم بأنه إذا دعي الله وحده كفرتم وإن يشرك به تؤمنوا ) أي : أنتم هكذا تكونون ، وإن رددتم إلى الدنيا ، كما قال تعالى : ( ولو ردوا لعادوا لما نهوا عنه وإنهم لكاذبون ) [ الأنعام : 28 ] .

وقوله : ( فالحكم لله العلي الكبير ) أي : هو الحاكم في خلقه ، العادل الذي لا يجور ، فيهدي من يشاء ، ويضل من يشاء ، ويرحم من يشاء ، ويعذب من يشاء ، لا إله إلا هو .