Surah Ghafir (غافر) • The Forgiver

Quran 40:12

40:12

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

dhālikum bi-annahu idhā duʿiya l-lahu waḥdahu kafartum wa-in yush'rak bihi tu'minū fal-ḥuk'mu lillahi l-ʿaliyi l-kabīri

[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."

— Saheeh International

[They will be told], ‘This is all because when God alone was invoked you rejected this, yet when others were associated with Him you believed [in them].’ Judgement belongs to God the Most High, the Most Great.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(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!"

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

ذَٰلِكُمdhālikumThat
بِأَنَّهُۥٓbi-annahu(is) because
إِذَاidhāwhen
دُعِىَduʿiyaAllah was invoked
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah was invoked
وَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahuAlone
كَفَرْتُمْۖkafartumyou disbelieved
وَإِنwa-inbut if
يُشْرَكْyush'rak(others) were associated
بِهِۦbihiwith Him
تُؤْمِنُوا۟ۚtu'minūyou believed
فَٱلْحُكْمُfal-ḥuk'muSo the judgment
لِلَّهِlillahi(is) with Allah
ٱلْعَلِىِّl-ʿaliyithe Most High
ٱلْكَبِيرِl-kabīrithe Most Great