Surah Nahl ayat 22 Tafsir Quran 16:22

﴿إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَاحِدٌ ۚ فَالَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ قُلُوبُهُم مُّنكِرَةٌ وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ﴾
[ النحل: 22]

16:22 Your god is one God. But those who do not believe in the Hereafter - their hearts are disapproving, and they are arrogant.

Your God the One deserving of your worship is One God without any equal in terms of His essence or His attributes and this is God exalted He be. But as for those who do not believe in the Hereafter their hearts are in denial rejecting the Oneness of God and they are arrogant scorning to believe in it.

In point of fact, things all around point clearly to you people that your Ilah is absolutely One Eternal Ilah. Those who deny Him simply close their hearts ears and their minds eyes and exercise inordinate self esteem and pride got the better of their prudence

None is to be worshipped except Allah Allah tells us that there is none to be worshipped besides Him, the One, the Unique, the Lone, the Self-Sufficient.
He tells us that the hearts of the disbelievers deny that and are astonished by that: أَجَعَلَ الاٌّلِهَةَ إِلَـهاً وَحِداً إِنَّ هَـذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ ( "Has he made the gods (all ) into One God! Verily, this is a curious thing!") ( 38:5 ). وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ( And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter are filled with disgust, and when those besides Him are mentioned, behold, they rejoice! ) ( 39:45 ). وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ( and they are proud ) meaning they are too proud to worship Allah, and their hearts reject the idea of singling Him out, as Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ ( Verily! Those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! ) 40:60 So here, Allah says; لاَ جَرَمَ ( Certainly ), meaning truly, أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ( Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal. ) meaning He will requite them for that in full. إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ ( Truly, He does not like the proud. )

(16:22) Your Deity is One Allah, but the hearts of those, who do not believe in the Hereafter, are given to denial, and they are puffed up with pride. *20

Your god is one God. But those meaning

*20) That is, "Those who do not believe in the life in the Hereafter, have become so irresponsible, care-free and intoxicated with the life of this world, that they feel no hesitation or pang in denying any reality, and they put no value on or attach no worth to truth.
That -is why, they are not prepared to impose any moral restraint on themselves and feel no need to investigate as to whether the way, they are following, is right or wrong.

 

None is to be worshipped except Allah Allah tells us that there is none to be worshipped besides Him, the One, the Unique, the Lone, the Self-Sufficient.
He tells us that the hearts of the disbelievers deny that and are astonished by that: أَجَعَلَ الاٌّلِهَةَ إِلَـهاً وَحِداً إِنَّ هَـذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ ( "Has he made the gods (all ) into One God! Verily, this is a curious thing!") ( 38:5 ). وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ الَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ ( And when Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter are filled with disgust, and when those besides Him are mentioned, behold, they rejoice! ) ( 39:45 ). وَهُم مُّسْتَكْبِرُونَ ( and they are proud ) meaning they are too proud to worship Allah, and their hearts reject the idea of singling Him out, as Allah says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ ( Verily! Those who scorn My worship they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! ) 40:60 So here, Allah says; لاَ جَرَمَ ( Certainly ), meaning truly, أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ ( Allah knows what they conceal and what they reveal. ) meaning He will requite them for that in full. إِنَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الْمُسْتَكْبِرِينَ ( Truly, He does not like the proud. )

( Your God is One God ) He knows this, not your idols. ( But as for those who believe not in the Hereafter ) those who do not believe in resurrection after death ( their hearts refuse to know ) acknowledge Allah’s divine Oneness, ( for they are proud ) too proud to believe.

Your Ilah (God) is One Ilah (God Allah, none has the right to be worshipped but He). But for those who believe not in the Hereafter, their hearts deny (the faith in the Oneness of Allah), and they are proud.

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