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Ghafir (The Forgiver)

Verse 12of 85

ذَٰلِكُم بِأَنَّهُۥٓ إِذَا دُعِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُۥ كَفَرْتُمْ ۖ وَإِن يُشْرَكْ بِهِۦ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ ۚ فَٱلْحُكْمُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْعَلِىِّ ٱلْكَبِيرِ﴿١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

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

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Regret of the Disbelievers after They enter HellAllah tells us that the disbelievers will feel regret on the Day of Resurrection, when they enter Hell and sink in the agonizing depth of fire. When they actually experience the unbearable punishment of Allah, they will hate themselves with the utmost hatred, because of the sins they committed in the past, which were the cause of their entering the Fire.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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