Quran 40:12 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 12
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[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.
ذَٰلِكُمْ بِأَنَّهُ إِذَا دُعِيَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ كَفَرْتُمْ ۖ وَإِنْ يُشْرَكْ بِهِ تُؤْمِنُوا ۚ فَالْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ
dhālikum bi-annahu idhā duʿiya l-lahu waḥdahu kafartum wa-in yush'rak bihi tu'minū fal-ḥuk'mu lillahi l-ʿaliyi l-kabīri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is because, when God was called to alone, you disbelieved; but if others are associated with Him, then you believe. Judgment belongs to God, the All-high, the All-great.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And they will be told:] “This [has befallen you] because, whenever the One God was invoked, you denied this truth; whereas, when divinity was ascribed to aught beside Him, you believed [in it]! But all judgment rests with God, the Exalted, the Great!”
- Sahih International
- [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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكُمdhālikum | That | — |
| 2 | بِأَنَّهُۥٓbi-annahu | (is) because | — |
| 3 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 4 | دُعِىَduʿiya | Allah was invoked | دعو |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah was invoked | أله |
| 6 | وَحْدَهُۥwaḥdahu | Alone | وحد |
| 7 | كَفَرْتُمْ ۖkafartum | you disbelieved | كفر |
| 8 | وَإِنwa-in | but if | — |
| 9 | يُشْرَكْyush'rak | (others) were associated | شرك |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | with Him | — |
| 11 | تُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚtu'minū | you believed | أمن |
| 12 | فَٱلْحُكْمُfal-ḥuk'mu | So the judgment | حكم |
| 13 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (is) with Allah | أله |
| 14 | ٱلْعَلِىِّl-ʿaliyi | the Most High | علو |
| 15 | ٱلْكَبِيرِl-kabīri | the Most Great | كبر |